This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Water Management > Irrigation > Water Management – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Management Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which water conservation technique is best for home gardeners? A) Water at night. B) Drip-irrigation. C) Xeriscaping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xeriscaping. 2. Property that allows water molecules to stick together & perform hydrogen bonding: A) Evaporation. B) Polarity. C) Solvation. D) Thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polarity. 3. Of the world's water resources are found in A) Fresh water. B) Salt water. C) Icecaps and glaciers. D) Ground water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt water. 4. Primary treatment of domestic sewage effluent is designed to effectively reduce which of the following? A) Synthetic compounds. B) Organic material. C) Metals. D) Nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organic material. 5. Type of water use covered by hydroelectric dams: A) Agricultural. B) Domestic. C) In-stream. D) Municipal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In-stream. 6. More that 80% of available water is used every year is known as what? A) Water Usage. B) Active Water Uses. C) Water Stress. D) Stressed Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water Stress. 7. Agriculture in the Central Valley of California is only possible because of A) Groundwater. B) Dams/reservoirs. C) Water diversion projects. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. Area where aquifer water naturally flows to land under natural pressure; no pumping. A) Aquiclude. B) Artesian well. C) Aquitard. D) Plezometric surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artesian well. 9. You are selecting a new dishwasher. You do about 150 loads per year. The less efficient model uses 9 gallons per load. The more efficient model uses 6 gallons per load. How many gallons of water will be saved over the course of one year? A) 45 gallons. B) 250 gallons. C) 450 Gallons. D) 500 Gallons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 450 Gallons. 10. Water pollution that comes from a single source is considered ..... A) Ocean pollution. B) Point source pollution. C) Nonpoint source pollution. D) Thermal pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point source pollution. 11. What is a flash flood? A) A sophisticated flood. B) Power lines fallen in flood waters. C) A deep flood. D) A flood that happens fast with little warning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A flood that happens fast with little warning. 12. The water held behind a dam is called a ..... A) Nature preserve. B) Reservoir. C) Natural lake. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoir. 13. At the average American home, most water use takes place A) In the afternoon. B) During bathtime. C) Outdoors in the yard. D) In the kitchen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outdoors in the yard. 14. Which of the following is an effective way of reducing phosphates in wastewater effluent? A) Addition of chlorine. B) Addition of ozone. C) Addition of bromates. D) Addition of iron salts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Addition of iron salts. 15. A(n) ..... is all of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system (also known as a drainage basin). A) Estuary. B) Watershed. C) Aquifer. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed. 16. "Ensuring availability of water for future generations" is a A) Goal of water conservation. B) Strategy of water conservation. C) Key activity of water conservation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Goal of water conservation. 17. What percent of water is used for industrial use? A) 19%. B) 40%. C) 67%. D) 5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19%. 18. The 3 major global uses of fresh water are A) Manufacturing goods, wastewater disposal, and irrigation. B) Drinking, bathing and growing crops. C) Drinking, manufacturing goods, and generating power. D) Residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. 19. Which planet is also known as blue planet? A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Mercury. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venus. 20. % of all water on Earth is in the oceans. Which of the following is the correct order of the Earth's water storage compartments from largest to smallest? A) Ocean, lakes, ice caps, groundwater, rivers. B) Ocean, groundwater, rivers, ice caps, lakes. C) Ocean, ice caps, groundwater, lakes, rivers. D) Ocean, lakes, groundwater, rivers, ice caps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean, ice caps, groundwater, lakes, rivers. 21. What is a source of pollution that can be identified? A) Weathering. B) Best management practice. C) Point source pollution. D) Non-point source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point source pollution. 22. Wetlands are beneficial to a water conservation program because: A) They remove excess nutrients. B) Break down pollutants. C) Clean up agricultural runoff. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 23. Nutrients that run off from the land, forming nitrogen-rich algae blooms. A) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). B) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). C) Bureau of Land Management (BLM). D) United States Geological Survey (USGS). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 24. Water turns from liquid into vapor. A) Precipitation. B) Runoff. C) Condensation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 25. The amount of water on average used by individuals, based on domestic is and agricultural or industrial consumption is termed ..... A) Water footprint. B) Fresh water. C) Transpiration. D) Water scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water footprint. 26. Desalination involves A) Transferring water from one drainage basin where there is a surplus of water to one where there is a deficit. B) The removal of salt and other minerals from sea water. C) The recycling of sewage water - this involves treatment and removal of solids and impurities. D) Recharging of groundwater supplies with reclaimed (recycled water). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The removal of salt and other minerals from sea water. 27. What percent of water is used for Agricultural use? A) 5%. B) 19%. C) 67%. D) 40%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 67%. 28. One reason polluted groundwater pollution is difficult to clean is that A) The location of underground storage tanks is not always known. B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers. C) Runoff contaminates the water supply. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers. 29. Chemical required by microbes to break down organic waste. A) NO2. B) O2. C) SO2. D) N & P. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O2. 30. Which of the following does not make up part of Earth's surface water? A) Wetlands. B) Rivers. C) Aquifers. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifers. Next →Related QuizzesWater Management QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesWater Management Quiz 2Water Management Quiz 3Water Management Quiz 4Water Management Quiz 5Water Management Quiz 6Water Management Quiz 7Water Management Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books