Reference no: EM133197915 , Length: Word count: 4 Pages
Assignment Task 1: Water Resources
Q1) How much of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans?
Q2) How much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
Q3) How much of the total water on Earth is fresh water?
Q4) How much of Earth's fresh water is locked away in glaciers and ice caps?
Q5) How much of Earth's water is fresh water available for human use?
Q6) Tell me about the Aral Sea:
Water Use:
Q7) What is Earth's freshwater used for?
Q8) What fraction of the Earth's people are affected by water scarcity?
Q9) Tell me about depletion of the Ogallala aquifer:
Q10) What is most of Denver's fresh water used for?
Q11) Is Summitville Mine a problem for Colorado water? Explain!
Q12) Tell me about Devecser, Hungary
Water Pollution
Q13) What are some types of fresh water pollution?
Q14) What is the legislature designed to protect our supply of fresh water?
Q16) Is Denver's drinking water safe? Explain your answer.
Q17) Tell me about safe drinking water:
Assignment Part 2: Research: Earth's Recycling
The atmospheric conveyor belt (Hadley cells):
YouTube Video: Global Circulation (1-54)
YouTube Video: Global circulation
Q1) Explain what causes atmospheric circulation:
Q2) Explain a result of atmospheric circulation:
YouTube Video: The oceanic conveyor belt (thermohaline circulation):
YouTube Video: The great ocean conveyor
NASA: The Thermohaline Circulation (The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt)
Q3) Explain what causes oceanic circulation:
Q4) Explain a result of oceanic circulation:
The crustal conveyor belt (plate tectonics):
YouTube Video: Plate Tectonics
YouTube Video: Plate Tectonics in action
Q5) Explain what causes crustal circulation.
Do your own research to find.
Q6) Explain why recycling is important.
Q7) Include the url(s) you used to answer this question.