Aquifiers
What is an Aquifer?
How can waterlogging be prevented?
What is improved soil drainage, planting on mounds, and soil aeration?
How much of the world's farmland is not irrigated?
80%
What is flood irrigation?
What is flooding a field with a small layer of water to easily hydrate plants over a large area?
What type of irrigation is best for row crops?
What is furrow irrigation?
Name 3 states the Ogallala Aquifer is under
What is Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas?
What is Salinization?
What is a drought
What is a prolonged absence of rain that causes plants to not have enough water to grow (and is why irrigation is important)?
What is spray irrigation?
What is watering a field using a network of pipes, pumps, and sprinklers?
What type of irrigation is best for wheat?
What is Border/Flood irrigation?
What is the biggest Aquifer in the United States?
What is the Ogallala Aquifer
What is Waterlogging?
When soil is oversaturated with water?
What is crop rotation?
What is the practice of planting different crops in the same area to promote soil health and nutrient levels?
What is the most expensive form of irrigation?
What is subsurface irrigation?
What type of irrigation is best for deep-rooted plants?
What is subsurface irrigation?
How much of the Ogallala Aquifer do researchers think will be depleted by 2060?
50%
What happens when soil is waterlogged?
What is plants are unable to receive oxygen and some nutrients because of oversaturated soil?
What state has the most irrigated farmland?
What is California?
What is the most efficient type of irrigation?
Drip Irrigation
A lawn is best with this type of irrigation.
What is spray irrigaiton?
How much water for irrigation comes from Aquifers?
What is 40% (33-42%)
What is Leeching?
What is the controlled movement of water through the soil to flush out excess nutrients and salts?
What is a type of salt-resistant plant?
What is perrenials, lavender, succulents, and some grasses/shrubs
What are the 3 main types of flood irrigation?
What are border, basin, and furrow irrigation?
This is the best for plants and vegetables