Map Questions
Water Cycle
General
Value of Water
100
If a country is located ABOVE the equator, which hemisphere is it in?
Northern Hemisphere
100
When the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapour or steam. The water vapour or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air.
Evaporation
100
Oil, coal, natural gas, metals and stones are all examples of this.
What are natural resources?
100
Considered a sacred river, located in India.
What is the Ganges?
200
What kind of chart is this?
Synoptic Chart
200
When so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
Precipitation
200
Gas, Liquid and Solid
What are the three states of water form?
200
The __________ value of water can be seen in leisure activities such as boating, fishing and swimming.
Recreational
300
What do the blue lines with triangles represent on this chart?
Cold Front
300
The process by which plants lose water out of their leaves.
Transpiration
300
a long period of abnormally low rainfall
What is a drought?
300
The __________ value of water can be measured by its use in crop, fibre, and livestock production, manufacturing and energy production. A cost of production.
Economic
400
What does the red lines with half circle represent?
Warm front
400
The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
Infiltration/Percolation/Groundwater Seepage
400
a lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a place
What is water scarcity?
400
The _________ value of water can be seen in religious practices such as baptism or the washing away of impurities.
Spiritual
500
What does the "H" on the chart represent?
High Pressure Systems
500
Water vapour in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds
Condensation
500
a natural or artificial place where water is collected and stored for use
What is a reservoir?
500
The _________ value of water can bring pleasure to people's lives in the form of views and beauty.
What is aesthetic value?