This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Water Resources > Conservation > Water Resources – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Resources Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How might a flood affect the population of an area? A) Reduce population. B) Reduce the need for resources. C) Increase population. D) Increase available resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce population. 2. It is a mechanical way of lifting water from open wells with the help of animals like buffaloes or camels. A) Persian wheel. B) Tube wells. C) Dams. D) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persian wheel. 3. Which of the following is the most destructive and most difficult to reclaim? A) Mountaintop mining. B) Subsurface mining. C) Strip mining. D) Open pit mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountaintop mining. 4. Which part of Earth absorbs the MOST sunlight A) Oceans. B) Soil. C) Atmosphere. D) Rivers and lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceans. 5. What is not a stage of the water cycle? A) Evaporation. B) Compaction. C) Percolation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compaction. 6. One disadvantage of desalination is that ..... A) The process kills fish. B) The process makes water that is unsafe to drink. C) The process uses fuel that is expensive. D) The process is too difficult to carry out in big cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process uses fuel that is expensive. 7. Artesian aquifers ..... A) Have problems with subsidence. B) Often are contaminated with salt water. C) Contain water under pressure. D) Have hard water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contain water under pressure. 8. The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called A) Zone of saturation. B) Aquifer. C) Surface water. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aquifer. 9. Which hold water until it is needed? A) Dams. B) Reservoirs. C) Aqueducts. D) Valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoirs. 10. Water stored below the Earth's surface is called: A) Groundwater. B) Bogs. C) Water in the ground. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundwater. 11. What type of irrigation is most efficient? A) Drip irrigation. B) Furrow irrigation. C) Flood irrigation. D) Spray irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drip irrigation. 12. The remote village that has earned the rare distinction of being rich in rainwater? A) Gari. B) Kaza. C) Gendathur. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gendathur. 13. The stage of sewage treatment that uses aeration tanks to remove organic wastes A) Primary. B) Tertiary. C) Disinfection. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secondary. 14. Which of the following should you not use grey water for? A) Cooking. B) Flushing the toilet. C) Irrigation. D) Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooking. 15. ..... are small channels through which water from the rivers or dams is diverted to the fields. A) Dams. B) Rivers. C) Wells. D) Canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canals. 16. What causes an urban heat island? A) Large forested areas. B) Pavement and concrete. C) Climate change. D) Mass transit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pavement and concrete. 17. Trees in these ..... shed their leaves in a particular season in order to conserve loss of moisture through transpiration: (select the incorrect one) A) Tundra. B) Deforestation. C) Evergreen Forests. D) Deciduous forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deciduous forest. 18. Experts suggest that world wide ....., of the water people use is wasted through evaporation, leaks, and other losses. A) 99%. B) 50%. C) 66%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 66%. 19. Icebergs in Greenland are examples of ..... water. A) Atmosphere. B) Ground water. C) Surface Water. D) Frozen Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frozen Water. 20. What is true about eutrophication in lakes and other bodies of water? A) It is always natural. B) It is always artificial. C) It can cause too much algae to grow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It can cause too much algae to grow. 21. Which of the following practices is not a good stewardship practice to help wildlife and conserve our natural resources? A) Providing shelter for wildlife. B) Pollution of ground water. C) Soil Conservation. D) Protection of surface water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pollution of ground water. 22. Tropical evergreen forest is also known as ..... A) Equatorial forest. B) Temperate. C) Monsoon forest. D) Coniferous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equatorial forest. 23. On which river is the Bhakra Nangal Dam located? A) Chambal. B) Jhelum. C) Satluj. D) Chenab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satluj. 24. One of the greatest pollution threats to ocean ecosystems today is: A) Plastics. B) Sewage. C) Discarded antibiotics. D) Biodegradable substances. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plastics. 25. Rivers and lakes that have clear water and low biological productivity are said to be… A) Red tide. B) Eutrophic. C) Oxygen sag. D) Oligotrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligotrophic. 26. This is when an animal lives on land. A) Aerobic. B) Wildlife. C) Aquatic. D) Terrestrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terrestrial. 27. Upper surface of the zone of saturation A) Transpiration. B) Surface Water. C) Confined aquifer. D) Water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water table. 28. The following are the benefits of rivers in India ..... A) Rivers bring flood and destroy properties. B) Rivers obstructs the way and give hardship to people to cross. C) Rivers are helpful for dumping industrial, domestic and sewage wastes. D) Rivers provide water for drinking and irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rivers provide water for drinking and irrigation. 29. Water pollution that is scattered or diffuse, having no specific location where they discharge into a particular body of water, such as runoff from farm fields and livestock, golf courses, parking lots, is called? A) Point source pollution. B) Non-point source pollution. C) Atmospheric depositon. D) Water pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-point source pollution. 30. What is an inexpensive solution to providing everyone with more fresh water to use? A) Desalination. B) Building more dams. C) Water conservation. D) Drilling more wells into aquifers. 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