This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Water Management > Irrigation > Water Management – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Management Quiz 3 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the term for an land above an aquifer. A) Recharge zone. B) Watershed. C) Aquifer. D) River system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Recharge zone. 2. Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water. A) Non-point source contamination. B) Groundwater. C) Eutrophication. D) Run-off. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eutrophication. 3. The process of changing a liquid into vapor A) Excavation. B) Transpiration. C) Evaporation. D) Condensation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 4. Los Angeles supports millions of people in a desert because they get their water from A) Aqueducts. B) Groundwater. C) Dams/reservoirs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aqueducts. 5. What percent of all water is fresh water? A) 2%. B) 72%. C) 98%. D) 33%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2%. 6. How far can dam water travel when it is unleashed from a broken dam? A) Tens of thousands of kilometres downstream. B) Thousands of kilometres. C) Tens of kilometres. D) Less than 10 kilometres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tens of kilometres. 7. What is causing cholera? A) Mosquitoes in tropical parts of the world. B) People not using hand-sanitizers. C) Drinking water contaminated with sewage. D) Muddy water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drinking water contaminated with sewage. 8. ..... is the dry, leeward side of a mountain range receive little A) Rain gague. B) Rain shadow. C) Rain cloud. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain shadow. 9. What provides crops with water from sources other than direct precipitation? A) Xeriscaping. B) Coagulation. C) Irrigation. D) Aeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irrigation. 10. The least efficient agricultural irrigation technique is A) Overhead sprinklers. B) Water filled ditch. C) Drip irrigation. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overhead sprinklers. 11. What is a disadvantage of an aqueduct? I. Diversion from the natural river channel flow II. Loss of water due to evaporation III. Political problems due to location of water bodies A) I and II. B) II and III. C) I and III. D) I, II and III. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, II and III. 12. Which sector uses the most the water? A) Agriculture (farming). B) Industry (manufacturing). C) Domestic (home use). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture (farming). 13. Hydrograph is a graphical representation of A) Surface run off. B) Ground water flow. C) Rain fall. D) Discharge flowing in the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Discharge flowing in the river. 14. Water diversion projects may involve the movement of water to dry regions using A) Canals. B) Sprinklers. C) Reservoirs. D) Dams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canals. 15. The percentage of Earth surface which is covered by oceans and seas is A) 97%. B) 65%. C) 50%. D) 85%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 97%. 16. A huge lake is made behind the dam, which is called a ..... A) Canal. B) Reservoir. C) Tank. D) Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoir. 17. Which one of these is a biological process of treating water? A) Aeration of sewage. B) Exposure to ultraviolet light. C) Screening of sewage. D) Addition of Chlorine water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aeration of sewage. 18. Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is fresh water? A) 3%. B) 97%. C) 10%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3%. 19. In nature water may occur as A) Liquid. B) Solid. C) Vapours. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 20. ..... is a disposal method in which solid organic wastes are subjected to combustion so as to convert them into residue and gaseous products. A) Incineration. B) Bioaccumulation. C) Vermicast. D) Screening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incineration. 21. The measure of the size and number of spaces in the substrate. A) Friable. B) Wellsize. C) Aquitard. D) Porosity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Porosity. 22. The percentage of surface of Earth which is covered by water is A) 90%. B) 85%. C) 60%. D) 70%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 70%. 23. What is the project name in Lesotho? A) The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). B) The Water Project of Lesotho (WPL). C) The International Water Scheme of Lesotho (IWSL). D) The Lesotho Project for Water Management (LPWM). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). 24. Migratory behavior of salmon in the Pacific Northwest is assisted by A) Warmer temperatures. B) Building new Dams. C) Fish Ladders. D) Cutting new migration channels parallel to rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish Ladders. 25. Includes pollution from mining activities and erosion. A) Toxic chemical pollution. B) Sediment pollution. C) Biological pollution. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sediment pollution. 26. For what purpose is most of the water used in American households? A) Dishwasher. B) Lawns. C) Washing machine. D) Showering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lawns. 27. Storage, dams, reservoirs, water transfers and desalination are examples of what? A) How to increase the water supply. B) How to decrease the waterborne disease chance. C) Keeping water safe and contained. D) Contaminating the water to make it insufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How to increase the water supply. 28. What is the solid waste that settles at the bottom of the in the primary treatment of waste water called? A) Sludge. B) Scum. C) Compost. D) Clarified water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sludge. 29. Runoff of sewage and agricultural wastes into coastal waters introduce A) Algae growth. B) Oil spill. C) Surface runoff. D) Rainwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Algae growth. 30. Which of the following is not a source of wastewater? A) Domestic activities. B) Rain. C) Hospitals. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWater Management QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesWater Management Quiz 1Water Management Quiz 2Water Management Quiz 4Water Management Quiz 5Water Management Quiz 6Water Management Quiz 7Water Management Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books