Matching QuestionMatch each drought event with its effects on the American West.InstructionsDrag and drop application.2011-2015 drought2011-2015 drought drop zone empty.1930s dust bowl1930s dust bowl drop zone empty.1275 to 1299 drought1275 to 1299 drought drop zone empty.Topsoil was stripped from millions of hectares of land, creating giant dust storms.The Anasazi people were forced to abandon their lands as a result of this drought.Total crop yields on agricultural land were reduced by 80 percent.Need help? Review these concept resources.

Drought is of ten identified by sunny day sand hot weather:  A. Meteorological drought  B. Hydrological drought  C. Agricultural drought  D. Socioeconomic drought

The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.1. Some places, such as the southwest of the US, now in its 24th year of drought, may have switched permanently to a drier state.2. In general, the dry parts of the world are becoming drier, partly through reduced rainfall and partly through declining river flow.3. Rising temperatures cause increased evaporation and increased transpiration by plants and add to this problem.4. Many of the world’s major growing regions are now threatened by “flash droughts”, in which hot and dry weather sucks moisture from the soil at frightening speed.

Erosion of Americas farmland by wind and water has been a problem since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plow in the nineteenth century By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland were damaged by erosion. After 40 years of conservation efforts, soil erosion has accelerated due to new demands placed on the land by heavy crop production. In the years ahead, soil erosion and the pollution problems it causes are likely to replace petroleum scarcity as the nation's most critical natural resource problem. The author points out in the passage that erosion in America ________a.occurs only in areas with no vegetationb.can become a more serious problem in the futurec.has damaged 282 million acres ever since settlers first put the prairies and grasslands under the plowd.has been so severe that it has forced people to abandon their settlements

11. Deserts are arid land areas where ..... through evaporation than is gained through precipitation. The loss of more water Loses more water Is more water lost More water is lost

True or False QuestionTrue or false: The 2011-2015 drought in the American West is the worst period of drought in the history for this region.True false question.TrueFalse