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Complete the following statements to describe how the water needs of human populations are met. Not all choices will be used. evaporation groundwater depletion sedimentation dams 70% sinkholes subsidence 14% underground irrigation saltwater intrusion The world has 45,000 that are used to catch of precipitation runoff. This water is used for for crops and to create energy. Disadvantages of dams include loss of water to , loss of storage capacity due to , and negative impact on surrounding wildlife due to blocking their water supplies. Aquifers are reservoirs of water that hold up to 1,000 times the amount of water as the annual precipitation, but is threatened by . Other problems with removing water resources include land or the settling of soil as it dries out. This can cause problems with underground pipes, canals, and buildings, and can even cause . Another consequence of groundwater depletion is where seawater backs up into streams and aquifers due to the removal of freshwater.

          Complete the following statements to describe how the water needs of human populations are met. Not all choices will be used.

evaporation
groundwater depletion
sedimentation
dams
70%
sinkholes
subsidence
14%
underground
irrigation
saltwater intrusion

The world has 45,000 ________ that are used to catch ________ of precipitation runoff. This water is used for ________ for crops and to create energy.

Disadvantages of dams include loss of water to ________, loss of storage capacity due to ________, and negative impact on surrounding wildlife due to blocking their water supplies.

Aquifers are ________ reservoirs of water that hold up to 1,000 times the amount of water as the annual precipitation, but is threatened by ________.

Other problems with removing water resources include land ________ or the settling of soil as it dries out. This can cause problems with underground pipes, canals, and buildings, and can even cause ________.

Another consequence of groundwater depletion is ________ where seawater backs up into streams and aquifers due to the removal of freshwater.

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Complete the following statements to describe how the water needs of human populations are met. Not all choices will be used.

evaporation
groundwater depletion
sedimentation
dams
70%
sinkholes
subsidence
14%
underground
irrigation
saltwater intrusion

The world has 45,000 that are used to catch of precipitation runoff. This water is used for for crops and to create energy.

Disadvantages of dams include loss of water to , loss of storage capacity due to , and negative impact on surrounding wildlife due to blocking their water supplies.

Aquifers are reservoirs of water that hold up to 1,000 times the amount of water as the annual precipitation, but is threatened by .

Other problems with removing water resources include land or the settling of soil as it dries out. This can cause problems with underground pipes, canals, and buildings, and can even cause .

Another consequence of groundwater depletion is where seawater backs up into streams and aquifers due to the removal of freshwater.

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Complete the following statements to describe how the water needs of human populations are met. Not all choices will be used. Evaporation: The world has 45,000 km of precipitation annually. This water is used for creating energy. Surface Water: Water is used to catch for crops and for drinking. Groundwater: Depletion and sedimentation are disadvantages of dams. They can cause loss of water storage capacity due to silt buildup and have negative impacts on blocking natural surrounding supplies. Rain: 70% of precipitation is absorbed by the ground. Aquifers: Aquifers are main sources of water that hold up to 43 times the annual amount of precipitation, but they are threatened by sinkholes. Subsidence: Other problems with removing excess water sources include draining out the land, canals, buildings, and causing underground sinkholes. Mention: Ancient consequences of over-pumping include sinking land and subsidence.

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00:01 Hello, so let's answer now the problem.

00:02 So here we have the paragraph with regards to the water needs of the human populations, and we are to fill in the blanks to complete the thought of each sentence.

00:16 So let's start with the first sentence.

00:19 So here, the world has 45 ,000 dams.

00:24 So the first word is dams that are used to catch the 14 % of precipitory.

00:30 Runoff.

00:32 So our answer for the second word on the first sentence is we have 14%.

00:37 This water is used for irrigation for crops and to create energy.

00:42 So the third word on the first sentence, we have the word is we have the word irrigation.

00:55 Let's proceed on the second sentence.

00:57 So the disadvantages of dams includes the loss of water to a surface evaporation.

01:05 So the first word here the second sentence we have surface evaporation loss to a loss of storage capacity due to the next word is sedimentation due to sedimentation and negative impact on surrounding wildlife due to blocking their water supplies next sentence we have here the aquifers are underground reservoir of water so the next word is underground so the aquifer are again underground reservoir water that held up to 1 ,000 times the amount of water as the annual precipitation.

02:00 But it is threatened by the groundwater depletion.

02:05 So our answer here, the next word is groundwater depletion.

02:15 Next sentence...

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