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| Introduction to Water Woes Internet Scavenger Hunt | |
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| Without water, nothing could live on earth. As we've learned, water is
a non-renewable resource, so we must conserve what we have so that it
sustains life on earth. Lack of clean water is one of the biggest problems
the world faces in the twenty-first century and no country is free from the
problem.
Directions:
In this scavenger hunt, you will learn about some of the issues we face about
our world's water.
BELOW EACH SET OF QUESTONS IS AN INTERNET LINK.
CLICK on the link, READ the article, and ANSWER the set of questions for
that link. Some answers are a few words, some require full paragraph
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| Articles and Links | |
| | 1. Where is the Colorado River Basin?
2. How bad is the drought in the Colorado River Basin?
3. What are three of the major cities that rely on the Colorado River Basin
for their water supply?
4. How long can droughts last?
5. Scientists are discovering that small changes in what two things can
affect the climate in a big way?
6. The oceans play a role in the weather that causes drought, but people are
making it much worse. EXPLAIN the ways that people are causing water
problems in the Colorado basin.
7. Using the example in the article, EXPLAIN how a drought could cause the
water in an area to be so toxic (poisonous) that it could no longer be fit to
drink.
8. If you were the governor of a state that is suffering from a severe
drought, what things would you do to conserve (save) water so people would
have the water they needed to live? Give at least three things you could do.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040825/Feature1.asp
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| | 1. What is the largest industry in the world?
2. What industry is the biggest threat to the environment?
3. How much of the world's accessible (usable) water is wasted every year?
4. What are six countries that have reached, or are close to reaching, the
limits of the amount of water they can to use over and over?
5. Sustainable agriculture is farming that can continue because there is
enough water and good soil to keep crops growing. How does the lack of
sustainable agriculture harm the environment?
6. Four crops that are identified as the "thirstiest" on earth account for
58% of the world's irrigated farmland. Name these crops.
7. What are some of the places where the use of water for cotton and the
pollution it creates has had severe impacts on major ecosystems?
8. a. What crop has led to the largest loss of biodiversity (many species
of plants and animals)on earth?
b. What is one place that has suffered from the severe effects of the
stuff (effluents and sediments) that washes away from the farms?
9. What is one thing that surprised you about what you learned from this
website? Explain your answer.
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/freshwater/problems/agriculture/index.cfm
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| | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4796909.stm
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| | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3747724.stm
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| | National Geographic/Ethiopia
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/g68/morelldrought.html
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| | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5269296.stm
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| | http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=52
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| | 1. Read about the different projects to help people with their water
problems.
2. Choose the project you think is the best one.
3. Write a summary of the place, the problem and the project.
4. Write an explanation of why you chose this project as the best one. Use
information you learned from doing this internet scavenger hunt to support
your opinion.
http://www.water.org/index.html
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