GLOBAL STUDIES Date:

Globale Ökosysteme
Water consumption and scarcity

Important vocabulary:
precipitation = infiltration= interception= evaporation=

Part I: The Water cycle

1. Read the text about the water cycle and briefly summarize the most important parts shown in the diagram below.

7./ 8./ 9. Deposition, Infiltration and 6. Precipitation 4. & 5. Condensation and

Groundwater Flow Transportation

2. & 3. Transportation and

Sublimation

1. Evaporation
 GLOBAL STUDIES Date:
Globale Ökosysteme
Water consumption and scarcity

Part II: Water consumption

1. Watch the video “WATER our most precious resource” (WATER our most precious resource (youtube.com))
2. While watching fill in the gaps in the text below.

97.5
Part %
III:ofYour
the Earth’s water is _______
water consumption
Water footprint=

Virtual water=

1. Now let’s take a look at your

personal water consumption Go to
https://www.watercalculator.org
and calculate your personal water
consumption.

2. Think about ways to reduce your

consumption furthermore and note
them down.