Practice - Direct Methods
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Practice Questions
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What is evapotranspiration?
💡 Hint: Think of both plants and soil losing water.
What is a lysimeter used for?
💡 Hint: It's an important tool in studies of plant water usage.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the main purpose of measuring evapotranspiration?
💡 Hint: Consider why managing water usage is critical in agricultural contexts.
True or False: Lysimeters are solely used for measuring soil moisture.
💡 Hint: Think about what a lysimeter captures in its measurements.
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Challenge Problems
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Design an experiment using a lysimeter to measure the effect of different irrigation levels on plant growth and water loss over two months.
💡 Hint: Consider how to control irrigation, weather variability, and measurement intervals.
Using provided data, calculate the yearly evapotranspiration for a square plot using field water balance method that received 600 mm of irrigation and lost 30% of its moisture content to drainage.
💡 Hint: Start with total irrigation and adjust for drainage losses.
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