1. a) Define water store and water flow in your own words. b) Make a sketch of the water cycle. Show the stores in one colour and the flows in another.

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and for water. Global water
ine the three major uses of
tion of crops), for domestic
ng), and for industrial use.
water from a river. After a
Back into the river where it
acted, but not consumed.
he local city supply, puri-
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important, but industrial use is significant:
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APPLY IT!
1. a) Define water store and water flow in your
own words.
b) Make a sketch of the water cycle. Show the
stores in one colour and the flows in another.
2. Which use of water has grown most
dramatically since 1900?
3. a) Explain what the blue band in Figure 6-6
represents. Why is it important?
b) For each category of use, give a specific
example (not any of the examples given in
the text) of how water might be extracted
and used, but not consumed.
between supply and demand.
Why must this pattern of water
usage eventually become an
unsustainable situation?
c) For which category of use is the blue band
growing wider fastest? What does this
mean? Why is this important?
4. Patterns and Trends
a) Suggest at least two reasons why the
pattern of water use varies dramatically
from country to country.
b) Use the factors you noted in part a) to
explain why industrial use of water is
most important in Canada, even though
it is a distant third for the entire world.
CHAPTER 6 FRESH WATER-CANADA'S SPECIAL RESOURCE?
15-Din?.
131
Transcribed Image Text:and for water. Global water ine the three major uses of tion of crops), for domestic ng), and for industrial use. water from a river. After a Back into the river where it acted, but not consumed. he local city supply, puri- ater has been extracted then you brushed your otion occurred. How? OP OP important, but industrial use is significant: Agricultural use is most important: India, Australia, much of Africa, and the Middle East . Agric China APPLY IT! 1. a) Define water store and water flow in your own words. b) Make a sketch of the water cycle. Show the stores in one colour and the flows in another. 2. Which use of water has grown most dramatically since 1900? 3. a) Explain what the blue band in Figure 6-6 represents. Why is it important? b) For each category of use, give a specific example (not any of the examples given in the text) of how water might be extracted and used, but not consumed. between supply and demand. Why must this pattern of water usage eventually become an unsustainable situation? c) For which category of use is the blue band growing wider fastest? What does this mean? Why is this important? 4. Patterns and Trends a) Suggest at least two reasons why the pattern of water use varies dramatically from country to country. b) Use the factors you noted in part a) to explain why industrial use of water is most important in Canada, even though it is a distant third for the entire world. CHAPTER 6 FRESH WATER-CANADA'S SPECIAL RESOURCE? 15-Din?. 131
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