This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Water Resources > Conservation > Water Resources – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Resources Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The most valuable resource in the world today is: A) Water. B) Natural gas. C) Oil. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 2. It is a natural or artificial lake that stores water for human use. A) Desalination. B) Salination. C) Reservoir. D) Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reservoir. 3. What percent of fresh water is fit for human use? A) 1%. B) 1.5%. C) 0.5%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1%. 4. Which of the following would be an environmental impact of high density animal farming? A) Improvement of feeding efficiency. B) Water pollution due to runoff. C) Bad smells. D) Livestock can escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water pollution due to runoff. 5. Water that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks and soil underground. A) Well. B) Aquifer. C) Irrigation. D) Groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Groundwater. 6. Water of Bhakra Nangal Project is being used mainly for: A) Hydel power and irrigation. B) Fish breeding and navigation. C) Industrial use. D) Flood control. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydel power and irrigation. 7. Most freshwater on Earth is A) Liquid. B) Gas. C) In the atmosphere. D) Frozen solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frozen solid. 8. What is an aquifer? A) A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. B) Stores water to be used for water vapor. C) Groundwater. D) Allows the flow of water from rivers or lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. 9. What would be the best definition of permeability? A) Percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces. B) The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through open spaces or pores. C) The level below which the ground is saturated with water. D) The inability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through open spaces or pores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through open spaces or pores. 10. What is a point-source pollution? A) Single sites of waste. B) Toxic Chemicals. C) Drainpipe spilling waste into river. D) Oil spilling from supertanker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drainpipe spilling waste into river. 11. All of these are reasons why water sources need to be conserved EXCEPT? A) Pollution reduces the amount of usable water. B) We could run out of usable water to drink. C) We have a limited amount of fresh water. D) Because we need to save it for the whales. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because we need to save it for the whales. 12. This occurs when the demand for water exceeds the available amount or when poor quality restricts its use. A) Water withdrawal. B) Water consumption. C) Water stress. D) Water scarcity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water scarcity. 13. The major cause for the decline in the worldwide catch of fish since 1990 is A) Overfishing. B) Decline in market price. C) Competition from aquaculture. D) Escalating price of fuel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overfishing. 14. The Ogallala Aquifer extends from South Dakota to ..... A) Louisiana. B) Oklahoma. C) New Mexico. D) Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Texas. 15. Which of the following is point-source pollution? A) Water runoff from city andsuburban streets that maycontain oil, gasoline, animalfeces, and litter. B) A discharge pipe from a factory spewing toxic waste. C) Chemicals added to roadsurfaces (salt and otherde-icing agents). D) Pesticides, herbicides, andfertilizer from residential lawns, golf courses, and farmland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A discharge pipe from a factory spewing toxic waste. 16. Which of the following is the least likely solution to groundwater depletion? A) Encouraging privatization of water utilities. B) Subsidizing water conservation. C) Raising the price of water to discourage waste. D) Growing more crops that are drought-resistant in arid areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encouraging privatization of water utilities. 17. What is a downside to desalination? A) Location. B) Cost. C) Water availability. D) Vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cost. 18. The ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it. A) Equilibrium. B) Percolation. C) Porosity. D) Permeability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permeability. 19. Many countries transport surface water by ..... A) Paddies and shadufs. B) Chinampas and wind-powered pumps. C) Aqueducts and underground pipes. D) Large boats and tankers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aqueducts and underground pipes. 20. Which of the following is not the source of water pollution? A) Smoking. B) Oil spills. C) Runoffs from pesticides. D) Litter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smoking. 21. Sliding of huge debris, rocks and other material down the slope is know as ..... A) Earthquakes. B) Volcanic Eruptions. C) Tsunami. D) Land slides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land slides. 22. Why did Jawahar lal Nehru call dams the temples of India? A) They were multipurpose in nature. B) Irrigation became better. C) Development of agriculture and the village economy with rapid industrialisation and growth of the urban economy. D) Hydel power become ample. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development of agriculture and the village economy with rapid industrialisation and growth of the urban economy. 23. The more sustainable method of raising meat is called A) Ecological grazing. B) Sustainable grazing. C) Rotational grazing. D) Traditional grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rotational grazing. 24. Approximately how much of Earth's water is held in the oceans? A) 76%. B) 97%. C) 99%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 97%. 25. Most of Earth's fresh water is in which reservoir? A) Groundwater. B) Surface water. C) Glaciers. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glaciers. 26. How would living things MOST LIKELY be affected if there were a shortage of water on Earth? A) Living things would not be able to live, reproduce, or regulate their own temperature. B) Living things would not be able to absorb and transport heat or regulate their own temperature. C) Living things would not be able to reproduce or absorb and transport heat. D) Living things would not be able to regulate their own temperature, live, or absorb or transport heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living things would not be able to live, reproduce, or regulate their own temperature. 27. Drainage basins are sometimes called A) Groundwaters. B) Reservoirs. C) Monsoons. D) Runoffs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoirs. 28. Water in an ocean is A) Saline. B) Fresh water. C) Non of these. D) Solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saline. 29. ..... is the cultivation of fish or shellfish in artificial ponds. A) Agriculture. B) Ichthy-culture. C) Hydroponics. D) Aquaculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquaculture. 30. This is the compartment of water that has shown a marked decline in the past 40 years due to diverting of rivers to support agriculture. A) Lake Mead. B) Oglala Aquifer. C) Arial Sea. D) Lake Michigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arial Sea. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWater Resources QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesWater Resources Quiz 1Water Resources Quiz 2Water Resources Quiz 3Water Resources Quiz 4Water Resources Quiz 5Water Resources Quiz 6Water Resources Quiz 7Water Resources Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books