Module 4.1 Introductory Assignment Turning Water Into Food

Name: ______Module 4.1 – Introductory Assignment – Turning water into food Formative Assessment

Watch the following video (https://youtu.be/qEbdv3bFKww) and fill in the worksheet as you watch the video. Turn in your completed worksheet to the dropbox by the due date.

1. Fill in the table below summarizing the average human consumption of water per day:

Domestic water use: Water used to Drinking water + Washing yourself, grow the food you water in your food your clothes, eat dishes, toilets, etc.

______gal/day ______gal/day ______gal/day

2. ______% of water resources in the US used for agriculture

3. 1 hamburger is roughly equivalent to taking a ______min shower.

4. What provides the energy to evaporate water from the ocean? ______

5. Where does irrigation need to deliver water to the plant to be most efficient? ______

6. On the diagram below, add labels for the processes of precipitation and evaporation. Indicate where water in water vapor and where it is liquid water.

Add in arrows to indicate the path of water moving into groundwater, being pumped out, moving to groundwater and being pumped out, then finally returning to the ocean. 7. On the drawing below, indicate where the water is in the form water vapor and where it’s liquid water. Draw an arrow to indicate where the plants are getting water.

8. ______and ______are the biggest crops for direct human consumption on the planet and provide the vast majority of ______consumed by humans.

9. Why can growing plant hydroponically use less water than growing plants in the field?

10. If perfectly efficient, ______gallons of water are needed to grow the ______to produce one loaf of bread.

11. If the spaceman wanted to get 25% of his calories from animal products (which is the national average in the US), how much more land area does he need to grow his food?

12. What would your global food-print represent? How does eating meat versus plant products affect your global food-print?