Disease Please
How many main diseases are caused by contaminated water?
5
Water that goes into streams and rivers is called ___.
Runoff
Water that is found down in the spaces of the soil is called ___ water.
Ground water
A porous layer that becomes saturated with water is called a ____.
Aquifer
The type of energy that can evaporate water and keep the water cycle going.
Solar Energy
What kills 485,000 people every year?
Contaminated water
The water rights method where the first person using the water gets the rights is used in what part of the U.S.
Western part
80% of all the water in the U.S. is used by __.
Farms
Unpolluted freshwater that we can drink.
Potable water
True or False: The amount of water today is the same amount as thousands of years ago.
True
____% of the world's people do not have safe drinking water.
30%
Type of well that runs all the time since the aquifer is above it.
Artesian well
What organization oversees lots of waterways and reservoirs?
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
___% of freshwater is found in Glaciers and ice caps.
78%
One fourth of all surface water is contaminated in which country?
China
What is the missing water disease: cholera, diarrhea, polio, dysentery, and ____.
Typhoid
5 to ___ million people die each year from water related diseases.
10
Type of aquifer that has a rock layer above it and below it.
Confined aquifer
By 2025, ____ countries will have a hard time finding enough water.
34
Type of aquifer that is close to the surface and rain can recharge it.
Unconfined aquifer
Water must be free of animal wastes, dissolved salts, and ____.
Bacteria
The total supply of water on Earth is around ___ million cubic miles.
333
In the Eastern U.S., the ___ method is used to determine who gets the water.
Riparian method
The process where water comes out of plant leaves is
called _____________.
Evapotranspiration
By 2025, ____ billion people will live where there is water scarcity.
1.8 billion