Water: A Precious Resource and Water Table

This is an interactive quiz on Water: A Precious Resource.

It includes topics such as surface water, water table, depletion of water resources.

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Seas and oceans are full of water on earth. However, a very small percentage of water present on earth is available for us. This percentage is roughly:

0.006% 0.06% 0.6% 6%

A man digging the ground near a water body found that the soil was moist. As he kept digging deeper and deeper he reached a level, where all the spaces between particles of soil and gaps between rocks where filled with water. The upper limit of this layer is called:

Water level Water table Ground water Water limit

Which of the following is a way to use water economically?

Construction of bawris Rain water harvesting Drip irrigation Infiltration

Which of the following are not the liquid forms of water? Choose the correct combinations:

Snow, water vapour, ice

Snow and lake water

Lake water and river water

Water vapour

One of these is not a source of surface water:

Rain

River

Lake

Spring

What from this source cannot be consumed ?

Lake

Rain

River

Sea

The ground water bearing layer of the earth which is below the water table is:

Water table

Sea level

Aquifer

None of these

The cause of depletion of water table is:

Increasing industries

Water table

Rain water

None of these

To minimise the wastage of water is:

Wash cloth with machine

Wash the floor everyday.

Turn off taps while brushing

None of these

Which year was observed as International Year of Fresh Water?

2003 2004 2006 2002

Which of the following does not show water shortage?

Taps running dry Long queue for getting water Marches and protests for demand of water A family gets three buckets of water per person per day

The amount of water recommended by the United Nations for drinking, washing, cooking and maintaining proper hygiene per person per day is a minimum of

5 litres 15 litres 30 litres 50 litres

Water cycle does not involve which of the following?

Evaporation Condensation Formation of clouds Rainwater harvesting

On which day the world water day is celebrated?

23rd March 22nd March 21st March None of these

“Every Drop Counts” is a slogan related to:

Counting of drops of any liquid Counting of water drops Importance of water Importance of counting

Which of the following inhibits the seepage of rainwater into ground?

A pukka floor

Playground

Grass lawn

Forest land

The hump of the camel is a reservoir of

Fatty tissue

Water

Milk

All of the above

________allows the water to seep in easily ( )

Pukka floor Grass lawn Cement floor Marble Floor

Depletion of water table is due to

Increase in population Industrial and Agricultural activities Scanty rainfall All of the above

Water exists in ( )

Three forms Two forms Five forms No form
Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Water: A Precious Resource and Water Table
Questions: 20
Contributed by:
Jonathan James