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A "water footprint" is the amount of fresh water used to produce the goods and services we consume, including growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping. For example, one mango uses 82 gallons of water, one 9-ounce stick of butter uses 366, one 7-ounce chocolate bar uses 449, and 5 ounces of ground beef uses 634. Producing a smart phone uses 240 gallons of water, a cotton t-shirt 660, and a pair of jeans 2000. Our current water usage patterns are...
3) Hey, water!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 410L
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"As the girl discovers water in nature, in weather, in her home, and even inside her own body, water comes to life, and kids will find excitement and joy in water and its many forms"--
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Praised as "an entertaining and torrential flow of a book" by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will soon be a major factor in our lives.
The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three...
The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three...
5) We use water
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[2003]
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Offers simple text to explain how we use water every day.
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IG 750L
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"Water is essential to life. Some parts of the world have too little water, while floods happen in other places. Fresh water for drinking is being threatened by pollution and disease. Find out why water is so important, how it can be used to make energy, how we can keep it clean, and simple steps readers can take to conserve and recycle water"--
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Obi Kaufmann, author of the best-selling California Field Atlas, turns his artful yet analytical attention to the Golden State's single most complex and controversial resource: water. In this new book, full-color maps unravel the braided knot of California's water infrastructure and ecosystems, exposing a history of unlimited growth in spite of finite natural resources-a history that has led to its current precarious circumstances. Yet this built...
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460L
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Readers will learn about protecting a vital natural resource in this tale full of diverse characters and fun illustrations. Comprehension questions, fast facts, and critical thinking questions keep readers engaged and thinking about what they're reading.
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Report / 113th Congress 2d session Senate volume 113-150
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[2014]
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English
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Report / 112th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 112-437
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English
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Report / 114th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 114-689
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[2016]
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English
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Report / 115th Congress 1st session Senate volume 115-58
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[2017]
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English
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Report / 115th Congress 1st session Senate volume 115-53
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[2017]
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English
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Report / 114th Congress 2d session Senate volume 114-327
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[2016]
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English
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