Make sure you have understood everything in this section (Lessons E12 & E13).
Use the Self-Check below, and the Self-Check & Lesson Review Tips to guide your learning.
This is also a good time to visit your Section 4 Checklist to make sure you have completed all the recommended learning activities.

Unit E Section 4 Self-Check

Instructions


Complete the following 6 steps. Don't skip steps – if you do them in order, you will confirm your understanding of this section and create a study bank for the future.

  1. DOWNLOAD the self-check quiz by clicking here.

  2. ANSWER all the questions on the downloaded quiz in the spaces provided. Think carefully before typing your answers. Review the lessons of this section if you need to. Save your quiz when you are done.

  3. COMPARE your answers with the suggested "Self-Check Quiz Answers" below. WAIT! You didn't skip step 2, did you? It's very important to carefully write out your own answers before checking the suggested answers.

  4. REVISE your quiz answers if you need to. If you answered all the questions correctly, you can skip this step. Revise means to change, fix, and add extra notes if you need to. This quiz is NOT FOR MARKS, so it is perfectly OK to correct any mistakes you made. This will make your self-check quiz an excellent study tool you can use later.

  5. SAVE your quiz to a folder on your computer, or to your Private Files. That way you will know where it is for later studying.

  6. CHECK with your teacher if you need to. If after completing all these steps you are still not sure about the questions or your answers, you should ask for more feedback from your teacher. To do this, post in the Course Questions Forum, or send your teacher an email. In either case, attach your completed quiz and ask; "Can you look at this quiz and give me some feedback please?" They will be happy to help you!

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Self-Check Quiz Answers

Click each of the suggested answers below, and carefully compare your answers to the suggested answers.

If you have not done the quiz yet – STOP – and go back to step 1 above. Do not look at the answers without first trying the questions.

Humans indirectly use water in the production of necessities and modern comforts. We use water in agriculture, to grow plants that we eat and use to make clothing. Animals raised for meat require water too. Water is used in many industrial processes, such as making paper, generating electricity, and mining metals.
Some benefits of building dams are that they generate electricity and they store water for agriculture in dry climates. A disadvantage of building dams is that they flood large areas of land, which changes both land and aquatic ecosystems.
Agriculture is one industry in Alberta that uses water. Agriculture uses water to keep both crops and livestock alive. The oil sands is another industry in Alberta that uses water. Oil sands extraction uses water to separate bitumen from sand.
People in developed countries like Canada and the United States use more water because water is used to provide many modern comforts. These include nuclear and hydroelectricity generation, manufactured products such as paper, and fossil fuel extraction.
River water is the source of drinking water for many urban communities. It is important for the water upstream to be tested and monitored frequently to ensure it is safe for human use, before it enters the community.