Tuesday January 20

Next-up: Water

Here is the reading guide for chapter 13. Please note that 2 (two) edits were made to section #4 (#1 quality was removed and #5 was changed from protection to conservation.

Concepts:

1. hydrological cycle
2. water on Earth
1. where is it?
2. what form is it in?
3. what's in it?
4. how do we get to it?
3. supply and demand issues
1. supply sources
2. demand uses
4. managing, measuring & monitoring water 
1. watershed
2. flow
3. precipitation
4. use 
5. conservation

Legislation:

1. Coastal Barrier Resources Act
2. Coastal Zone Management Act
3. National Wildlife Refuge System
4. Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act
5. Wetlands Reserve Program
6. Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Questions

Discuss the following... 

1. Water is a renewable resource, therefore we can't run out.
2. How are the issues of flooding and water shortage related? How can these issues be solved with one action?
3. Diagram the Colorado River using this map. What states does it flow through? Who has rights to the water? Where does the water come from? What is the source?