INGOMAR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE             NAME: ______________________
Exploring Maps: Lesson 1                          Period: ______ Date: __________ Score_____/ 30 
WES   Drought Condition Map     El Nino Forecast     Mississippi River Basin   Missouri River Basin RFC
           National Streamflow            NWS Homepages    Soil Moisture                    Surf Your Watershed              

                 Virtual Science                    Virtual Rivers            River Patterns/Systems  Additional Atmospheric Links

1. What was the level of the Ohio River when Lewis started on his mission (Movie)?_________
2. First go to Wes then Surf Your Watershed and enter our zip 15237, click on #  05030101.
   What is the name of our watershed? __________________ Streamgages
   
3. Now click on stream flow, then click on Allegheny County, Pennsylvania station # 03085500.
   Compare to station numbers 03085956 and 03086000.
   What station had the highest gage (name)? ___________ The lowest gage?____________
4. What station had the lowest discharge?_______________  Why?_________________________
5. Click on water usage, (water use types)we are getting most of our water from (water use)? (surface   ground water)
6. What is the total population served? _______________ thousand, million.
7. Who is using most of the water after public*(circle one)?
   (commercial  domestic   industrial   thermoelectric power  fossil fuel   nuclear  mining  livestock)
8. Go back and search by map, click on Missouri, then St. Louis.
   What is the name of the watershed? ___________________ 
9. Go to station# 05588720, This is __________ Illinois.  Compare the gage and discharge for this watershed is it greater or less then ours?_____________________
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10. Go to Surf Your Watershed, type in Missouri River at Find Places
    or go to  Mississippi River Basin and click on Missouri Basin.
    Choose one site, print the stream flow data, and determine the state water use.  Sign Up*
    Is the (surface  or  ground water) use higher?

    Compare your site value to other lab groups sites. _________________________________________________

11. Who consumes most of the water in this watershed (go to water usage, (water use types)(States))
    (hydro commercial  domestic  industrial  thermoelectric fossil fuel  nuclear  mining  irrigation)
12. Where does the greatest source of water come from? (surface   ground water)
    Compare to the Upper Ohio Watershed is it the same or different?__________________
    
    
    
    
    
     

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13. You can follow the hydrological conditions on the Missouri River Basin by clicking on NWS Homepages ( Rivers).
     Is the river above flood stage or below? ____________
14. Look at stream flow conditions compared to historical records go to WES and
    under Terrestrial Information click on National Stream flow . You can click on your location (state)  and compare
    how does the current river flow compare to historical data?  Dry    Normal    Wet

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15. Lets look at Soil Moisture. (Main Site)
    How does our soil moisture compare to that in Idaho? _______________________________
16. What is the forecast for our area and Idaho? ________________________________________
17. Soil moisture in general tends to ___________ from west to east?  Decrease    increase    same
18. How much of a difference is there? _________ cm.
19. Let’s check out the current Drought Condition Map. { Check out the animations.} Historical Water Watch

How do we (D0  D1  D2  D3  D4  no drought ) compare to the west?               D0   D1   D2   D3   D4

20. What state has the worst conditions? ________________ Give the value:  D0   D1   D2   D3   D4

Look at Hawaii, how can one explain this difference on the main Island? __________________

21. What are the predictions for its impact (El Nino Forecast)?____________________________
22. El Nino, a global weather phenomenon, is making a re-appearance. How will/has it affect people who live near or on rivers in the recent past?___________________________________________
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    Summary: Lewis & Clark Maps:  Search Lewis & Clark 101  , Discovering LEWIS & CLARK,  A  B  and other references.
23. Were there dams and levies like we have today to control the flow of water?______________
24. The quantity of river flow has it changed since then?_________________________________
25. What kind of struggles or successes did the Corps of Discovery have when they were on the
     Ohio River (Timeline)? _________________________________________________________________
26. Did they have huge rain storms, dry spells, huge slope or terribly flat land to deal with?_____
27. What kind of struggles or successes did the Corps of Discovery have when they were on the
    Missouri River (Timeline)? ______________________________________________________________
28. What rivers where named by the Lewis & Clark (Timeline) expedition?___________________
29. One of the rivers Clark named after the woman who would later become his wife.
    What was this river named? ______________________ (Unknown River).
30. How do rivers, in general, affect human civilization (transportation, commerce, flooding,
     food source, etc..)______________________________________________________________

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