Nrm 1401 ttu gipson - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Why is water an important resource? What are some of the most important human uses of water? - Answer-- Water in the earth's atmosphere buffers temperature. This property of water makes life on earth possible. - Humans drink water, use it to clean themselves and other things we use, and use it to grow crops What is the name of the aquifer located on the Southern Great Plains that provides much of the drinking and irrigation water for our area? - Answer-Ogallala Aquifer What is the cash cr...

What is a wetland? What types of areas make up wetlands? - Answer--The term "wetlands" is difficult to define and causes some controversy because of the diversity of wetlands. -Typically wetlands are in a transition zone between uplands and permanently flooded, deep-water habitat. What are the five categories of wetlands and what are the characteristics of each? - Answer-- Marine Wetlands Ocean overlying the continental shelf and shoreline environments - Estuarine Wetlands Mouths of ri...