1. WATER USE AND PLATE TECTONICS Targets: Discuss the availability of freshwater and its usage. Discuss the effects of modern methods of water management and distribution. Explain the theory of plate tectonics and how it creates earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains and their potential effects on populations.

2. Describe water’s unique properties.

3. What’s the world’s total volume of water?

4. Describe groundwater using this diagram.

5. Describe the difference between a confined and unconfined aquifer.

6. Discuss water use….  Worldwide  US vs. China  eastern vs. western US

7. Describe the causes of freshwater shortage.

8. Discuss the pros and cons of dams and reservoirs. Cite examples.

9. Describe water transfer projects. Cite examples.

10. Discuss the pros and cons of tapping groundwater.

11. Discuss possible solutions to tapping groundwater.

12. Discuss ways we can reduce water waste.

13. Describe ways to prevent flooding.

14. Describe the Earth’s layers.

15. Describe the internal processes that drive plate tectonics.

16. Compare and contrast the different plate boundaries.