SSM 3301 Exam 1 2025 Questions and
Answers
Irrigated farmland provides a disproportionate amount of our food supply given it's
relatively small area. Although only 18% of all farmland is irrigated it produces what
percent of our total food? - ANSWER✔✔-40%
Which parts of the world are experiencing water stress? (there is more than one) -
ANSWER✔✔-middle east, north africa, SW united states
Although a person may be able to survive up to a month without food, a person can go
at most, how many days without water? - ANSWER✔✔-5-7 days
Which of the following effects did Sandra Postel associate with Climate Change? (check
all that apply)
Correct! - ANSWER✔✔-changes in river flows and water atmosphere
What were the reasons cited by Sandra Postel for why 60% of the worlds hungry
individuals are hungry, despite living on farms? (select multiple answers) -
ANSWER✔✔-an inability to grow crops during the dry season and a lack of access to
irrigation
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,Sandra Postel listed a number of water conservation strategies for agriculture. Which of
the following is not one of the strategies she described? - ANSWER✔✔-use more bottled
water
Name one of the two largest components of our personal water "footprint", according to
Sandra Postel - ANSWER✔✔-diet (water we consume through food and beverage)
The name of the national freshwater conservation and restoration campaign co-founded
by Sandra Postel and being pioneered by National Geographic and its partners is called
"Change the Climate". - ANSWER✔✔-False
the name is "Change the Course"
In the documentary, How the Earth Changed History: Water, we learned that Britain
had colonized India and had to figure out how to manage the water supply. The
countries had two different ways of handling Monsoon season and excess water. Match
the infrastructure system, benefits, and problems to Britain or India. - ANSWER✔✔-
India:
-water system: step-wells
-benefit: hold monsoon water that can later be used in droughts
-problem: people bathed in it causes health concerns
britain:
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, -water system: canals and pipe water
benefits: allowed water to spread out for people that needed it and cropland
problems: huge breeding place for mosquitos
In the documentary, How the Earth Changed History: Water, we learned that both old
and new civilizations are built around rivers due to our need for water. What was the
MAIN reason the Nile River brought prosperity to ancient Egypt and not Ethiopia? -
ANSWER✔✔-the river carried silt and during seasonal floods, agriculture fields would
be fertilized
In the documentary, How the Earth Changed History: Water, we learn that there are a
couple of places to get drinking water. What was the source of water for the
Garamantes in the Sahara desert? - ANSWER✔✔-groundwater
What are the two current theories that describe how earth got its water? - ANSWER✔✔-
already was around trapped in rocks in the earth's mantle
hydrated comets and asteroids
3 dimensions of sustainability - ANSWER✔✔-economy, society, environment
In the reading on Sustainability, the term resiliency is discussed. True or False:
Resilience-thinking addresses how much planetary ecological systems can withstand
assault from human disturbances and still deliver the service's current and future
generations need from them. - ANSWER✔✔-True
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Answers
Irrigated farmland provides a disproportionate amount of our food supply given it's
relatively small area. Although only 18% of all farmland is irrigated it produces what
percent of our total food? - ANSWER✔✔-40%
Which parts of the world are experiencing water stress? (there is more than one) -
ANSWER✔✔-middle east, north africa, SW united states
Although a person may be able to survive up to a month without food, a person can go
at most, how many days without water? - ANSWER✔✔-5-7 days
Which of the following effects did Sandra Postel associate with Climate Change? (check
all that apply)
Correct! - ANSWER✔✔-changes in river flows and water atmosphere
What were the reasons cited by Sandra Postel for why 60% of the worlds hungry
individuals are hungry, despite living on farms? (select multiple answers) -
ANSWER✔✔-an inability to grow crops during the dry season and a lack of access to
irrigation
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,Sandra Postel listed a number of water conservation strategies for agriculture. Which of
the following is not one of the strategies she described? - ANSWER✔✔-use more bottled
water
Name one of the two largest components of our personal water "footprint", according to
Sandra Postel - ANSWER✔✔-diet (water we consume through food and beverage)
The name of the national freshwater conservation and restoration campaign co-founded
by Sandra Postel and being pioneered by National Geographic and its partners is called
"Change the Climate". - ANSWER✔✔-False
the name is "Change the Course"
In the documentary, How the Earth Changed History: Water, we learned that Britain
had colonized India and had to figure out how to manage the water supply. The
countries had two different ways of handling Monsoon season and excess water. Match
the infrastructure system, benefits, and problems to Britain or India. - ANSWER✔✔-
India:
-water system: step-wells
-benefit: hold monsoon water that can later be used in droughts
-problem: people bathed in it causes health concerns
britain:
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, -water system: canals and pipe water
benefits: allowed water to spread out for people that needed it and cropland
problems: huge breeding place for mosquitos
In the documentary, How the Earth Changed History: Water, we learned that both old
and new civilizations are built around rivers due to our need for water. What was the
MAIN reason the Nile River brought prosperity to ancient Egypt and not Ethiopia? -
ANSWER✔✔-the river carried silt and during seasonal floods, agriculture fields would
be fertilized
In the documentary, How the Earth Changed History: Water, we learn that there are a
couple of places to get drinking water. What was the source of water for the
Garamantes in the Sahara desert? - ANSWER✔✔-groundwater
What are the two current theories that describe how earth got its water? - ANSWER✔✔-
already was around trapped in rocks in the earth's mantle
hydrated comets and asteroids
3 dimensions of sustainability - ANSWER✔✔-economy, society, environment
In the reading on Sustainability, the term resiliency is discussed. True or False:
Resilience-thinking addresses how much planetary ecological systems can withstand
assault from human disturbances and still deliver the service's current and future
generations need from them. - ANSWER✔✔-True
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