Water Matters
What precious natural resource can humans not survive without?
Water
What word describes soil that is completely filled with water?
Saturated
What climate pattern contributed to wetter conditions before the 2022 floods?
La Niña
Which industry uses about 70% of Australia’s fresh water each year?
Agriculture
What type of resource is water when rain and snowfall regularly replenish it?
A renewable resource
What is excess water flowing across the land’s surface called?
Runoff
How much rainfall did Brisbane record during February 2022?
Hint over 500
887.0 mm
In which major Australian river basin are many crops grown?
The Murray–Darling Basin
What value of water is connected to beautiful scenery and views?
Aesthetic value
Another word for rain / snow / sleet /hail
Precipitation
Approximately how many Ipswich dwellings were damaged during the 2022 floods?
Hint over 500
Almost 600
What structures are used with dams to control river flow for farmers?
Weirs / trenches / dug up holes to connect
What value of water is demonstrated by sacred rivers and religious washing?
Spiritual value
Difference between riverine and flash flooding
riverine - from rivers - takes a while - slow build up
Flash - happens very quickly -
Approximately what height did the Bremer River reach at the Ipswich gauge during the 2022 floods?
Hint more than 10
16.72 metres
What does flowing water turn inside a hydroelectric power station?
Turbines
What can water shortages slow down, as well as negatively affecting human wellbeing as a secondary effect? ______ development
Economic development
Put these stages in the correct order: runoff, rising rivers, saturated soil and heavy rain.
Heavy rain → saturated soil → runoff → rising rivers
What three factors caused rivers to rise during the 2022 floods?
Persistent heavy rain, already-wet catchments, and saturated soil producing runoff
How does a hydroelectric power station create electricity?
Released water turns turbines, which rotate magnets around copper wire to generate electricity