It's A Numbers Game
Dam
Vocab
Causes and Impacts
Examples
100
What percent of our planet is water?
What is 70%
100

A dam is any ____ that holds water back

Barrier/wall/structure

100
What is eutrophication
What is the process by which nutrients increase a lake, while oxygen levels decrease.
100

What are the three main polluters of water?

Industry, Agriculture, and Domestic 

100

Where is the Citarum River located?

Indonesia

200
What percent of Earth's water is fresh water?
What is 3%
200

Dams are used to ____ water and prevent the ____ of excess water into specific regions 

Save and flow 

200
This is the process of an underground rock formation that holds water
What is an aquifer?
200

What do effluent and sludge mean?

Liquid waste and solid waste
200
What are 3 advantages of a dam?
What are jobs, flood prevention & drinking water
300
How many children die of diarrhea every year?
What is 1.5 million
300

What is a service reservoir?

holds water that has been treated and then stored for use 

300
An area of land that is drained by a river.
What is a watershed?
300

What is physical water scarcity?

A situation in which there is simply not enough water for human needs. 


300
What are 3 disadvantages of dams?
What are loss of jobs, destruction of cultural sites, & loss of water due to evaporation
400

How many liters of water is recommended to conserve water per day?

Less than 50

400
Where is most of the earth's fresh water located?
What is Icebergs and Glaciers
400
A pollutant associated with detergents, fertilizers and residential wastewater
What is Phosphate
400
What is economic water scarcity?

A situation in which there is enough water available but the money does not exist to treat it for human needs. 

400

What are some causes of water pollution? There are 4 

Dumped waste, Pesticides and fertilizers, Industry waste, Lack of sanitation

500
Flushing toilets is the number one use of water in homes, what percentage is that?
What is 28%
500

What factors influence where to construct a dam?

Narrow valleys, high areas, away from developed areas 

500
A pollutant associated with plant residue, sewage and fertilizers?
What is Nitrate
500

Describe eutrophication

Answer varies

500

What types of bacteria cause diseases?

Pathogens

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