- Select the correct description for each step in the water cycle.
b_ Evaporation
f_ Condensation
_ Evapotranspiration Precipitation
Runoff _ Infiltration a. Water falling from clouds as rain or snow
b. Water changing from liquid to vapor
c. Water flowing through soil and into groundwater
d. Water in soil and plants changing to vapor
e. Rainwater or melting snow flowing across land
f. Water changing from vapor to liquid
Only about one third of the precipitation that falls on California becomes water in a river that we can use for farms and cities. Name the three steps in the water cycle that use the other two thirds of the runoff?
________ _________ ___________
Why do mountains receive more precipitation than low elevations?
It’s colder in high levels, therefore the vapor condensate faster when it touching a cold air layer and change from vapor to liquid which is water .and it rain more. .
Climate scientists think the Sierra will help California maintain annual rainfall levels in the future, when other Mediterranean climate zones around the world become drier. Why?
The San Diego region relied on wells and backcountry streams for its water supply until the 1940s. True False
In 1900, business and community leaders wanted Los Angeles to be the largest city on the west coast of the U.S. -- larger than San Francisco -- but they needed water. True False
Metropolitan Water District purchased the electricity from Hoover Dam that it needed to pump water through the Colorado River Aqueduct. True False
The federal government built the Central Valley Project to supply water from northern California to farms in the central valley. True False
The State of California built the State Water Project to supply water from northern California to farms in the central valley and cities in Southern California. True False
Agriculture and cities use all of the water in the Colorado River before the river reaches the Gulf of California. True or False
1Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the largest water storage reservoirs in the U.S. True False
Water storage levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell are critically low. True False
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