Practice - Consumptive Use and Irrigation Requirement
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Practice Questions
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Define Consumptive Use (CU).
💡 Hint: What happens to water during crop growth?
What does Irrigation Requirement (IR) mean?
💡 Hint: Think about what crops need from irrigation.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does Consumptive Use (CU) refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about the water's journey during crop growth.
True or False: Irrigation Requirement (IR) is always zero.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when it does not rain.
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Challenge Problems
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A farmer grows wheat that requires a total CU of 120 cm during the season. If the effective rainfall is only 50 cm, what is the IR?
💡 Hint: Remember the relationship between CU and effective rainfall.
Discuss how using drip irrigation might change a farmer's CU compared to traditional methods.
💡 Hint: Think about how water arrives at the plant differently.
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