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Where Is Earth's Water?
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California Waters Trivia
Random Water Information
100
Where does runoff carry salts and other minerals to?
What are streams and rivers.
100
This is a source of groundwater that comes from underground and is man made.
What is a well?
100
This term describes the careful use of a natural resource.
What is conservation?
100
This ocean shares the coastline with our state.
What is the Pacific?
100
This term describes a cycle of very low precipitation.
What is a drought?
200
About 66% of Earth's fresh water is locked away in glaciers and polar caps as what?
What is ice.
200
A system of channels, pipes, and tunnels that carries water a long distance.
What is an aqueduct?
200
Most of California's water is used to do this to plants and crops.
What is irrigate?
200
This major south flowing river originates at Lake Shasta.
What is the Sacramento River?
200
Reclaimed water can not be used for this.
What is drinking?
300
Most of the Earth's water is contained here.
What are oceans and seas.
300
Before drinking water gets to your house it must be processed here.
Where is a purification plant?
300
California faces challenges in providing drinking water for everyone because of this growing thing.
What is a large population?
300
This river provides drinking water to 5 other states and Mexico.
What is the Colorado River?
300
This type of irrigation uses tubing to deliver small amounts of water directly to the plant.
What is drip?
400
Above the surface of the Earth, water is known as this.
What is water vapor?
400
The term for water in any form that falls to the surface of earth.
What is precipitation?
400
This major river is fed by the Sierra Nevada mountains and meets the Sacramento River at the Delta.
What is the San Joaquin River?
400
This major body of water extends its southern reach to San Jose.
What is the San Francisco Bay?
400
The phrase "If it's yellow let it mellow" refers to doing this in an effort to conserve water.
What is not flushing after a number 1?
500
This process uses membranes and water being at high pressure to create fresh water.
What is reverse osmosis.
500
If the water table drops below the bottom of your well this will happen.
What is run dry?
500
The Los Angeles Aqueduct moves water over 200 miles to provide Los Angelinos with 80% of their drinking water and starts here.
Where is the Owens Valley?
500
This is the second deepest lake in the continental United States.
What is Lake Tahoe?
500
Besides the expense, this byproduct of desalination is a major drawback.
What is brine?