Practice Infiltration And Consumptive Use (43) - Infiltration and Consumptive Use

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Question 1.
Define infiltration.
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Think about the path water takes from rainfall to the soil.
Question 2.
What is consumptive use?
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Consider how plants use water.
3Question 3.
What is the main focus of infiltration in hydrology?
- Surface runoff
- Groundwater recharge
- Evaporation
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Think about what happens to water that sinks into the ground.
4Question 4.
True or False: Consumptive use includes water that evaporates without being used by plants.
- True
- False
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Consider where water goes after it leaves the soil.
Question 5.
A farmer has two fields: one with sandy soil and the other with clay soil. Discuss how infiltration rates would differ and how that affects irrigation timing.
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Consider water movement through different soil types.
Question 6.
Given the equation for consumptive use, use a hypothetical crop with K = 0.7, P = 50, and T = 25. Calculate the consumptive use.
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Revisit the formula and plug in the values carefully.

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