Agriculture Irrigation
Across
- 5. Water that has been recycled
- 6. An enlarged lake behind a dam that holds water.
- 8. irrigation, The general term and category used to describe slow low pressure watering systems
- 10. Irrigation, A type of micro-irrigation that is designed to conserve soil nutrients and to minimize or prevent waste.
- 12. The process of transferring moisture from the earth into the atmosphere also known as ET.
- 13. Irrigation ________________ is used to develop a system in which water is being applied efficiently.
- 15. Agriculturalist main goal is to make sure water use is ___________________ based on their crops needs.
- 18. The permanent ________________ point represents the boundary between capillary water and hygroscopic water at this time plants may not survive.
- 19. California Irrigation Management System
- 20. Sprinkler type that is placed underground
Down
- 1. ____________________ water is moisture that is held in the pore spaces of the soil and can be used by plants.
- 2. _________________________ water drains rapidly from the soil and is not readily available to be used by plants.
- 3. ______________________water is moisture that is held too tightly in the soil to be used by plants.
- 4. California's usable water is managed by what entities- water ___________________.
- 7. _____________________ system is any irrigation that uses a pressurized system to apply water in a method that mimics rainfall to the soil surface.
- 9. A large amount of water is applied and distributed over the soil surface by gravity.
- 11. Pivot, Water-Wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot.
- 14. A water __________________ is used to measure natural rainfall.
- 16. A long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow, especially for planting seeds or for irrigation.
- 17. The water holding ________________ is how much moisture the soil can hold.