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The dam where water pushes up against it, strengthening its structure, and it is in a curved position.
What is a Arch Dam?
100
A kind of power produced by the current of the water turning a wheel.
What is hydroelectric power?
100
The type of energy that Dams produce.
What is hydroelectric energy?
100
This material is found the bottom of a body of water created by a dam.
What is sediment?
100

concrete

What material are dams mainly made of?

what is the main material of dams

200

A dam that uses sticks and mud to create ponds, wetlands, and complex ecological systems; the animal gave its name to it

What is a Beaver Dam?

200
A dam built by castore (an animal) to provide ponds, wetlands, lakes as a form of protection as predators.
What is the purpose beaver dam?
200
Ways dams help with water storage.
What is reservoirs?
200
These bugs are born and created through the creation of large dams and can spread many of the deadly diseases we know today.
What are mosquitos?
200

One of the most famous dam in the US

What is The Hoover Dam?

400

 It is heavy, and pushes the dam into the ground with the help of external structures

What is a Buttress dam?

400
When locks and levees are used to rise or lower the level of the water for ships to pass.
What is the way to navigate a dam?
400
Recreational activities that dams provide.
What is camping,boating,fishing,etc?
400
This type of animal’s population is affected due to the building of a dam.
What are fish?
400

buttress.

What is used to improve the strength of dams?

what is used to reinforce the structure?

what is used to push against water?

500
Made of thick, triangular shaped walls of concrete or masonry.
What is a Gravity Dam?
500
A test that measures a sample of water from the nearest reservoir of water seepage supply.
What is a water quality test?
500

The way dams reduce the usage of fossil fuels.

What is producing energy?

500
This is reduced when water is held in a reservoir for an extended period.
What is dissolved oxygen?
500

drought

What happens when it is not raining?