The Hydrosphere

3. the second biggest human water use
4. when looking for an aquifer site it is important the rock above is ---------
7. a sea that has been reduced by over 90% due to huge irrigation schemes for cotton
9. water used in your home in toilets, hygiene, etc. is classed as this
10. a natural or artificial pond or lake used for the storage and regulation of water.
12. large bodies of water may alter rainfall and temperature, creating one of these
14. an abundance of material goods.
15. (2 words) the volume of water in the resevoir / Mean transfer rate
16. a --------- resource as it will replenish given time
17. the volume of pores in a type of rock

1. this type of irrigation can reduce water use
2. this process increases surface run-off by creating much more impermeable surfaces
5. the combined process of water leaving plants and turning to gas from bodies of water
6. this increases when death rate is lower than birth rate.
8. the single biggest human water use
11. (two words)This is lowered if aquifers are over-exploited, depleting wetlands and potentially causing salt water incursion and rock collapses
13. rain prevented from hitting the soils by trees