Practice Components Of Consumptive Use (43.2.2) - Infiltration and Consumptive Use

Practice: Components of Consumptive Use

Lesson 43.2.2Infiltration and Consumptive Use

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Question 1.
What does consumptive use refer to?
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Think about water usage in plants.
Question 2.
What are the two main processes of consumptive use?
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They both involve water moving into the air.
3Question 3.
What are the two components of consumptive use?
- Evaporation and Transpiration
- Rainfall and Surface Runoff
- Infiltration and Percolation
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Recall what plants and water surfaces do.
4Question 4.
True or False: Evapotranspiration is simply another term for evaporation.
- True
- False
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Think about how plants also lose water.
Question 5.
Given the daily transpiration rates of a crop are 5mm and evaporation rates are 3mm, calculate the total evapotranspiration for the day. How would you adjust irrigation practices based on this data?
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Add the amounts and think about what this means for water supply.
Question 6.
Consider how a rise in temperature could impact both evaporation and transpiration rates in a dry region. Discuss your findings.
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Think about the effects of temperature on water cycles.

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