Water Geography
WOW!
Water Problems
tricky vocabulary
natural disasters
100
Name 4 cities that are sinking
Venice, New York, Rotterdam, Bangkok, and Jakarta
100
What does SAC stand for?
Swiss Alpine Club
100
Why does Lithium mining create a water problem?
the mining of lithium takes a lot of fresh water that is taken out of the ground.
100
What does 'contaminate' mean?
polluted, dirty
100
Whatis the natural disaster happening in Cape Town that we studied?
A drought
200
Which river is the longest in the world?
The Nile
200
What year did Switzerland have the highest flood damage?
2005
200
Name 2 things that were done in Jakarta to combat the sinking of the city
a wall was built
houses were raised onto stilts
200
What do you call the process that takes salt out of ocean water?
desalination
200
Why is August the month with the most floods in Switzerland?
Snow and glaciers melt in the mountains and the water runs into the rivers and lakes in the north -in August, most everything has melted and the rivers/lakes are full.
300
How many SAC huts are there in Switzerland?
153
300
What is the average human water footprint?
5055 L/day
300
What does the year 2030 have to do with water problems?
all sustainable development goals should be reached by 2030 including the ones around access to water.
300
Jakarta is moving. What is the new city called?
Nusantara
300
What is monsoon season which happens in tropical countries such as India?
monsoon season is when winds carrying moisture from warm oceans nearby bring months of heavy rain. In these regions floods happen regularly.
400
Which 3 countries share lake Konstanz?
Austria, Germany, Switzerland
400
How many people have room in all of the SAC huts in Switzerland?
around 9000 people
400
The Indus River caused a terrible flood in 2010. Where is this river located?
In Pakistan
400
What kind of element is Lithium?
a soft, grey metal
400
most earthquakes last a few seconds. The earthquake that triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami in December of 2004 lasted for how long?
10 minutes
500
Which swiss canton is the village Melchnau in that experienced a big flood in 1986?
Canton Bern
500
This map has something to do with water access - what do you think it shows?
the larger the country is portrayed, the more people there have no secure access to safe drinking water.
500
What are coagulants?
These are chemicals that work a bit like magnets. Coagulants cause solid bits to clump together. Even if those solids didn't hurt you, they can make the water cloudy or give it a funny taste. By making these solid bits clump, they become bigger, which makes them easier to remove.
500
Give the name and number of the two Sustainable Development Goals connected to water.
6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
14 - Life below Water
500
on July 9, 1958 the biggest local tsunami in recent history was recorded. Do you know where?
Lituya Bay, Alaska
An earthquake measuring 8.3 caused 99 million tons of rock crash into Lituya Bay