water

Question 1

where is most of earth’s water

Answer 1

oceans 97%

Question 2

where is most of earth’s freshwater

Answer 2

glaciers and ice caps 70%

Question 3

how much of earth’s freshwater is easily accesible

Answer 3

1%

Question 4

what s most of America’s water used for

Answer 4

hydroelectric power 45% and irrigation 32%

Question 5

how is most water lost in the home

Answer 5

leakage in pipes

Question 6

liters of water required to produce 1Kg of food

Answer 6

embedded water

Question 7

agricultural irrigation of spraying or dumping water on fields that results in high evaporative loss

Answer 7

flood irrigation

Question 8

agricultural irrigation that targets each individual plants via long hoses

Answer 8

drip irrigation

Question 9

water stored in porous rocks that filters through soil

Answer 9

groundwater

Question 10

pulling groundwater out of the ground, typically faster than it can be replaced

Answer 10

groundwater withdrawal

Question 11

glacial aquafer in the Midwest that’s 10-25 trillion years old being drained rapidly

Answer 11

Ogallala aquifer

Question 12

pumping out high volumes of water causing the land to sink into the dried cavity

Answer 12

land subsidence

Question 13

occurs on the coast, as groundwater is pumped out excessively saltwater fills in the open space, also caused by sea level rise

Answer 13

saltwater intrusion

Question 14

river that several dams were constructed on that is now being depleted before it can empty into the ocean

Answer 14

Colorado River delta

Question 15

Uses aqueducts to move water from snowy or mountainous regions into the desert

Answer 15

California State Water Project

Question 16

pollution coming from a single identifiable source

Answer 16

point pollution

Question 17

pollution coming from a mass amount of sources

Answer 17

nonpoint pollution

Question 18

added P and N in an ecosystem causing algal blooms which block out sun and make waterways hypoxic

Answer 18

eutrophication

Question 19

return treated wastewater to the river or ocean

Answer 19

wastewater treatment plants

Question 20

single wastewater tank for a household that must be cleaned regularly

Answer 20

septic system

Question 21

wastewater and rainwater flow through the same pipes leading to sewage leakage during heavy rain events

Answer 21

combined sewer systems

Question 22

plants that coagulate, filter, and disinfect water

Answer 22

drinking water treatment

Question 23

Shippensburg’s Drinking water source

Answer 23

ground water off south mountain