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GCSE Revision Year 10 – June 2011. Topics Water World. Water World – What do I need to remember?. Bare Bones 1 Workings of the water cycle 2 How the water cycle is linked to the biosphere and lithosphere. 3 Water supplies and their effects on humans.
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GCSE Revision Year 10 – June 2011 Topics Water World
Water World – What do I need to remember? • Bare Bones • 1 Workings of the water cycle • 2 How the water cycle is linked to the biosphere and lithosphere. • 3 Water supplies and their effects on humans. • 4 Case study e.g. from the Sahel or Australia. • 5 impact of climate change on water cycle and ecosystems in very dry arid areas). • 6 Management of water in a sustainable way ( so future generations do not suffer). • 7 Human impacts on water quality e.g. pollution. • 8 Located examples of human interference on water supply e.g. deforestation, over abstraction of ground water and reservoir construction. • 9 Costs and benefits of a large scale water management project e.g. Three Gorges Dam China. • 10 Small scale intermediate technology to solve water problems in developing countries e.g. Sand dams in Kenya
What does each label match with? PRECIPITATION CONDENSATION EVAPORATION WATER STORE http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-water-cycle/2148.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/water-shortages-and-drought-around-the-world/11063.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/water-shortages-and-drought-around-the-world/11063.html
Burkina Fasohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/burkina-faso-local-impact-of-desertification/4323.html Watch the 3 minute film and make a simple spider diagram ABOVE
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/water_cycle/http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/water_cycle/ Task 1 What impacts will be felt if water supplies become unreliable? List 3 with a partner 2 Which people and places will be most affected by a lack of water and unreliable rain? 3 What happens to economic growth and prosperity if drought happens?
The film on Burkina Faso shows how water and people and the ecosystems are closely linked and there is INTERDEPENDENCE • With too little water (drought) and too many people to feed there is pressure on the LAND and SOIL • Desertification happens if the balance becomes wrong • Health of the people suffers and malnutrition is wide spared • Death will occur. • Crops fail and livestock die • People migrate away from their homes and look for water and better grazing land • Economic growth does not happen and people get poorer. • Tip- Learn the name of the country BURKINA Faso and learn the list of problems they face
So how can humans manage the water resources that they do have in a sustainable way? Forgotten what sustainability means? It is using the resources we have today carefully so that future generations can have a good standard of living.
Lots of water is stored in tropical rain forests and we should conserve these. But what are we doing ?- cutting them down 3 mins 48 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/rainforest-destruction-kalimantan-indonesia-and-costa-rica/3096.html Where ? INDONESIA What’s happening? DEFORESTATION AND SPECIES DESTRUCTION Why?