NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
1. Why is water an
-Water in the earth's atmosphere butters temperature.
important resource?
This property of water makes life on earth possible.
What are some of the
-Humans drink water, use it to clean themselves and
most important human
uses of water? other things we use, and use it to grow crops
2. What is the name of the Ogallala Aquifer
aquifer located on the
South- ern Great Plains
that pro- vides much of
the drinking and
irrigation water for our
area?
-Cotton; Cotton is King
3. What is the cash crop -More machines are used than people
most commonly grown -More machines will take the jobs of people
in West Texas? How has
the farming of this crop
changed in the last 100
years? What is likely to
happen in the future in re-
gards to farming this
crop?
4. What is meant when it is said - Water absorbs a lot of the heat on earth so that
the tempera-
that water acts as a tempera- tures do not get too hot
ture buffer?
5. How is the water on
planet Earth 6. What are some of the major
distributed?
,NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
-Oceans: 97% vapor: 1%
-Glaciers: 2%
-Rivers, lakes, groundwater, and water-Aral Sea: shrinking since the 1960's after the rivers that
fed it
inland water bodies of Earth? were diverted for irrigation. By 2007, it had declined
to 10% of
What are some its original size. (originally covered 26,300 square miles)
characteris- tics of - Lake Baikal the world's oldest and deepest lake. 80%
each? of the animals are endemic, including freshwater seals
and translu-
,NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
cent fish. (depth: 5,387 ft., length: 395 miles, width: 49
miles, contains 20% of the world's surface fresh water).
-Lake Tahoe: Second deepest lake in North America
(1,645 ft. deep)
Largest Alpine Lake in North America (122,160,280 acre ft
of water; length=22miles; width=12miles)
-The Great Salt Lake: Largest natural lake West of the
Mississippi River (length=75miles; width=35miles)
Extremely high salt levels/too salty to support fish.
No outflow, thus when tributaries bring salt in, evaporation
occurs and the concentration of salt increases.
7. What is the Lake -The lakes moderate seasonal temperatures by
Effect? Where in the absorbing heat and cooling the air in summer then
U.S. does this occur? slowly releasing the heat in autumn.
-Occurs in the Great Lakes
8. What is surface tension -Cohesion of Water Molecules cause surface tension
and what causes it?
9. What is erosion and -major force for creating landscapes
how does it relate to -Soil is carried by water moving on the surface of the
water? earth
-sediments are moved from high to low elevation (deltas)
10. What is turbidity? What -measure sediment that is suspended in water
are
some common causes of tur- - prevents light penetration
bidity? plant popula- tions?
11. How can water, or the
lack thereof, serve as a
barrier to animal and
, NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
-limiting plant growth and thus,
photosynthesis
-Water often serves as an isolating
mechanism for populations of animals
Swimming ability of terrestrial
species (distance) Seed
dispersal
Temperature, salinity, dissolved O2,
turbidity
answers already passed
1. Why is water an
-Water in the earth's atmosphere butters temperature.
important resource?
This property of water makes life on earth possible.
What are some of the
-Humans drink water, use it to clean themselves and
most important human
uses of water? other things we use, and use it to grow crops
2. What is the name of the Ogallala Aquifer
aquifer located on the
South- ern Great Plains
that pro- vides much of
the drinking and
irrigation water for our
area?
-Cotton; Cotton is King
3. What is the cash crop -More machines are used than people
most commonly grown -More machines will take the jobs of people
in West Texas? How has
the farming of this crop
changed in the last 100
years? What is likely to
happen in the future in re-
gards to farming this
crop?
4. What is meant when it is said - Water absorbs a lot of the heat on earth so that
the tempera-
that water acts as a tempera- tures do not get too hot
ture buffer?
5. How is the water on
planet Earth 6. What are some of the major
distributed?
,NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
-Oceans: 97% vapor: 1%
-Glaciers: 2%
-Rivers, lakes, groundwater, and water-Aral Sea: shrinking since the 1960's after the rivers that
fed it
inland water bodies of Earth? were diverted for irrigation. By 2007, it had declined
to 10% of
What are some its original size. (originally covered 26,300 square miles)
characteris- tics of - Lake Baikal the world's oldest and deepest lake. 80%
each? of the animals are endemic, including freshwater seals
and translu-
,NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
cent fish. (depth: 5,387 ft., length: 395 miles, width: 49
miles, contains 20% of the world's surface fresh water).
-Lake Tahoe: Second deepest lake in North America
(1,645 ft. deep)
Largest Alpine Lake in North America (122,160,280 acre ft
of water; length=22miles; width=12miles)
-The Great Salt Lake: Largest natural lake West of the
Mississippi River (length=75miles; width=35miles)
Extremely high salt levels/too salty to support fish.
No outflow, thus when tributaries bring salt in, evaporation
occurs and the concentration of salt increases.
7. What is the Lake -The lakes moderate seasonal temperatures by
Effect? Where in the absorbing heat and cooling the air in summer then
U.S. does this occur? slowly releasing the heat in autumn.
-Occurs in the Great Lakes
8. What is surface tension -Cohesion of Water Molecules cause surface tension
and what causes it?
9. What is erosion and -major force for creating landscapes
how does it relate to -Soil is carried by water moving on the surface of the
water? earth
-sediments are moved from high to low elevation (deltas)
10. What is turbidity? What -measure sediment that is suspended in water
are
some common causes of tur- - prevents light penetration
bidity? plant popula- tions?
11. How can water, or the
lack thereof, serve as a
barrier to animal and
, NRM 1401 Final TTU Dr. Gipson questions and
answers already passed
-limiting plant growth and thus,
photosynthesis
-Water often serves as an isolating
mechanism for populations of animals
Swimming ability of terrestrial
species (distance) Seed
dispersal
Temperature, salinity, dissolved O2,
turbidity
