Practice Consumptive Use (43.2) - Infiltration and Consumptive Use - Hydrology & Water Resources Engineering

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Question 1.
Define consumptive use in your own words.
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Think about water used in plants or evaporated.
Question 2.
What components are included in evapotranspiration?
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It’s the total loss of water!
3Question 3.
What does consumptive use include?
- Only evaporation
- Evapotranspiration and interception losses
- Just transpiration
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Consider the total water loss from soil and plants!
4Question 4.
True or False: Effective rainfall directly contributes to consumptive use.
- True
- False
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Think about rainfall that goes into the soil!
Question 5.
A farmer uses a lysimeter to determine that their crop has a consumptive use of 450 mm for the season but faces an effective rainfall of only 150 mm. Calculate the needed irrigation for optimal crop growth.
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Apply the formula for irrigation needs systematically.
Question 6.
Analyze how seasonal changes may affect consumptive use in a warm region versus a cold region.
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Consider how temperature alters water needs!

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