This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Water Resources > Conservation > Water Resources – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Resources Quiz 11 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. His handling of foreign affairs mirrors a defining principle of Cambiemos: That Argentina's welfare cannot be dissociated from the ebbs and flows of ..... markets. A) Contaminated. B) Plumbing. C) International. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International. 2. The continuous movement of water between Earth and its atmosphere A) Water cycle. B) Homeostasis. C) Precipitation. D) Infiltration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water cycle. 3. What is the first step in a typical drinking-water treatment process? A) Settling. B) Chlorination. C) Aeration. D) Filtration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Filtration. 4. Which one of the following is not in favour of the conservation of Nature? A) Tree plantation. B) Switch off the bulb when not in use. C) Dispose polypacks after shopping. D) Close the tap immediately after using. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dispose polypacks after shopping. 5. Which is one way that water helps living things? A) Temperature regulation. B) Oxygen transportation. C) Heat absorption. D) Nutrient production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temperature regulation. 6. ..... activities involve over 1 billion people worldwide and generate over $ 2.4 trillion every year. A) Agricultural. B) Contaminated. C) Plumbing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agricultural. 7. What is a natural part of a forest ecosystem and may be required for seed germination? A) Polar vortex. B) Tornadoes. C) Floods. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fire. 8. In Rajasthan what is rain water referred to as? A) Barish pani. B) Palar Pani. C) Badal pani. D) Barsaat pani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palar Pani. 9. Which of the following is not the benefit of rain water harvesting? A) Helpful in production of hydro electricity. B) It improves the quality of ground water through dilution of contaminants like fluoride and nitrates. C) It increases water availability. D) It checks the declining ground water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helpful in production of hydro electricity. 10. The farmers in India depend a lot on ..... for irrigating their fields A) River. B) Underground water. C) Rain. D) Lakes and ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rain. 11. Which is a primary cause of dead zones in lakes and coastal estuaries? A) Effluent from sewage treatment plants. B) Organic waste from agricultural fields and feedllots. C) Power plants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organic waste from agricultural fields and feedllots. 12. The process of supplying fresh water to farm fields and orchards is called ..... A) Condensation. B) Desalination. C) Irrigation. D) Reclamation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irrigation. 13. What is a pollutant? A) A virus that effects the environment. B) A substance that causes harm to the environment. C) Bacteria. D) Pollen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A substance that causes harm to the environment. 14. Which one of the following properties of a mineral is not correct? A) Impure. B) Unevenly Distributed. C) Non exhaustible. D) Non-Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non exhaustible. 15. Which of the following abiotic factors would likely affect humans directly? A) Water availability. B) Soil pH. C) Humidity. D) Climate change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water availability. 16. Which of the following statements about greywater is correct? A) Greywater can be used for cooking. B) Greywater is suitable for washing. C) Greywater is suitable for watering plants. D) Greywater comprises of all the wastewater from domestic use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greywater is suitable for watering plants. 17. ..... hold water until it is needed. A) Dams. B) Reservoirs. C) Aqueducts. D) Valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoirs. 18. Water that has been used in households, businesses, industries, or public facilities and drained or flushed down the pipes, as well as the polluted runoff from streets and storm drains A) Wastewater. B) Point-source pollution. C) Pathogen. D) Nonpoint-source pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wastewater. 19. Which of the following environmental effects would most likely result from the clear-cutting of boreal forests by industrial logging operations? A) There will be an increase in atmospheric oxygen concentration, which will improve air quality. B) There will be an increase in farming on the cleared areas of land, which will reduce incidences of flooding. C) There will be an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, which will contribute to climate change. D) There will be a decrease in the temperature of soil and nearby bodies of water, which will increase biodiversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There will be an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, which will contribute to climate change. 20. In which of the following states, the groundwater utilization is very high? A) Bihar. B) Gujarat. C) Punjab. D) UP. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 21. What is the difference between aquaculture and fisheries? A) Aquaculture raises ocean species, while fisheries raises freshwater species. B) Aquaculture requires feeding fish other fish, while fish in fisheries can eat soybean and corn. C) Aquaculture involves raising aquatic species, while fisheries are natural resources harvested without direct human input. D) Fisheries involves raising aquatic species for feeding to aquaculture species. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquaculture involves raising aquatic species, while fisheries are natural resources harvested without direct human input. 22. What is ONE disadvantage of desalination? A) The process kills fish. B) The process uses fuel that is expensive. C) The process is too difficult to carry out in big cities. D) The process makes water that is unsafe to drink. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process uses fuel that is expensive. 23. All of the following are impacts of damming the colorado river EXCEPT A) The migration of some fish populations has been interrupted. B) Flooding downstream of the dams has displaced people and destroyed property. C) Reservoirs behind dams have lost large amounts of water due to evaporation. D) Areas upstream of the dams have been flooded and habitats for many species have been destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flooding downstream of the dams has displaced people and destroyed property. 24. There are some varieties of firebush ..... at the nursery that don't produce much bloom, so only select the specimens in full bloom. A) Available. B) Contaminated. C) Distributed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Available. 25. Water percolates downward until it reaches the aquifer where it becomes trapped in cracks, crevasse and fractured stone. Which layer is this within an aquifer? A) Atmosphere. B) Saturated zone. C) Surface. D) Unsaturated zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saturated zone. 26. Water in spaces between rock, soil, and gravel, is called what .....? A) Perched water. B) Groundwater. C) Soil moisture. D) Soil aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundwater. 27. Which of the following was not part of the Clean Water Act? A) Set standards for pollution levels. B) Funded construction of sewage treatment plants. C) Limited the release of point-source pollution. D) Regulated the amount of fertilizers and pesticides that are contained in runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regulated the amount of fertilizers and pesticides that are contained in runoff. 28. How can people conserve water at home? A) Washing dishes on ly when the dishwasher is full. B) Rinsing dishes with cool water instead of warm water. C) Bathing pets with a hose instead of a bucket. D) Eating fish bought from the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Washing dishes on ly when the dishwasher is full. 29. The process of suppling fresh water to farm fields for growing crops. A) Irrigation. B) Runoff. C) Spring. D) Aqueduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Irrigation. 30. The process of removing salt from seawater A) Desalination. B) Wastewater. C) Salinization. D) Runoff. 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