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Watery World Flashcards

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What are the percentages for water consumption in a HIC?

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39% agriculture, 14% domestic and 47% industry

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What are the percentages for LIC water consumption?

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90% agriculture, 5% domestic, 5% industry

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What are water supply problems in HICs?

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Rainfall/ population imbalance, seasonal imbalance and variable rain

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Water surplus:-

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More water than needed

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Water deficit:-

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Less water than needed

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What is the cause of Bilharzia?

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Parasitic worms get into the bloodstream

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What are the effects of Bilharzia?

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Rash and aching

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Why causes Typhoid?

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Food/drink contaminated by feces

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What are the effects of Typhoid?

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Headache, mental confusion and diarrhoea

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How is Trachoma spread?

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Person to person contact

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What is the effect of trachoma?

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Eye mucus

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What causes Dysentary?

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Poor hygiene

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What is the effect of Dysentary?

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Bloody diarrhoea

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What are the effects of malaria?

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Fever, headache and vomiting

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What are LIC water supply problems?

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Drought, unsafe water and lack of money (can’t treat or pipe water)

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How do sand dams in Kenya improve water supply?

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Sand works at a natural filter and reduces evaporation

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What is surface runoff?

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The flow of water over the ground surface

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What is infiltration?

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Water sinking into the soil

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What is through flow?

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Water flowing through the soil

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What is percolation?

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Water sinking into rocks deep underground

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What is ground water flow?

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Water flowing through rocks deep underground

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What is a water table?

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The level in the ground where rocks or soil are satured

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What is an aquifer?

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Where water percolates into porous rock and is stored underground

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