Since 1970, world population growth has reduced per capita water supplies by
A) 1/3. B) 5/8. C) 1/4. D) 2/3. E) 1/2.
Question 2Which of the following is not a result of the ongoing California drought?
A) expansion of agriculture due to longer growing season
B) drastically reduced snowpacks
C) mandatory reduction in statewide water use
D) infestation of forests by beetles and disease
E) the succumbing of 12.5 million trees to drought stress
Question 3Engineers estimate that it could take ________ normal winter snowpack in the Rockies and basinwide precipitation to return to norman water conditions in the Colorado Basin.
A) 2 B) 13 C) 21 D) 42 E) 60
Question 4Which of the following is not a factor scientists attribute to climate change and water resource issues of the Colorado River basin?
A) reduced mountain snowpack
B) expansion of the subtropical dry zone
C) higher evaporation rates
D) summer shift of the ITCZ to the American Southwest
E) early spring snow melts
Question 5What was the purpose of the Colorado River Compact?
A) mitigate against drought by limiting the amount of groundwater that can be extracted from the Colorado River basin
B) allocate equitably the water between the seven states of the Colorado River basin
C) design a multi-year plan for instream use of the Colorado River resources
D) establish first in time, first in rights (prior appropriation) in regards to use of the Colorado River.
E) construction of a hydroelectric power station larger than China's Three Gorges to serve the states of the Colorado River Basin
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