This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Water Resources > Conservation > Water Resources – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Resources Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is the least likely solution to groundwater depletion? A) Encouraging privatization of water utilities. B) Growing more crops that are drought-resistant in arid areas. C) Raising the price of water to discourage waste. D) Subsidizing water conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Encouraging privatization of water utilities. 2. What is a downside to desalination? A) Water availability. B) Cost. C) Location. D) Vapor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cost. 3. The ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it. A) Porosity. B) Percolation. C) Permeability. D) Equilibrium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Permeability. 4. 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. 5. Which of the following is not the source of water pollution? A) Litter. B) Oil spills. C) Smoking. D) Runoffs from pesticides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smoking. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. The more sustainable method of raising meat is called A) Rotational grazing. B) Traditional grazing. C) Ecological grazing. D) Sustainable grazing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotational grazing. 9. Approximately how much of Earth's water is held in the oceans? A) 50%. B) 97%. C) 76%. D) 99%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 97%. 10. Most of Earth's fresh water is in which reservoir? A) Atmosphere. B) Glaciers. C) Groundwater. D) Surface water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glaciers. 11. 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. 12. Drainage basins are sometimes called A) Monsoons. B) Runoffs. C) Groundwaters. D) Reservoirs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reservoirs. 13. Water in an ocean is A) Fresh water. B) Saline. C) Solid. D) Non of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saline. 14. ..... is the cultivation of fish or shellfish in artificial ponds. A) Hydroponics. B) Ichthy-culture. C) Agriculture. D) Aquaculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aquaculture. 15. 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) Arial Sea. B) Oglala Aquifer. C) Lake Michigan. D) Lake Mead. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arial Sea. 16. Chlorine is often added during water treatment to A) Make particles for clumps. B) Kill-disease-causing organisms. C) Improve the taste of water. D) Remove objects such as fish and trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kill-disease-causing organisms. 17. This plan would involve the democratization of healthcare, meaning that the government would mandate that every American citizen have ..... to the same type of health insurance. A) Access. B) Available. C) Conflict. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Access. 18. A forested hillside will help eliminate A) Using pesticides, because the shade of the forest prevents insect pests from entering the area. B) Droughts, because transportation ensures that forest areas always have a high moisture level. C) Flooding, because trees help reduce soil erosion and the flow of water downslope. D) Unsustainable farming, because crops cannot be grown on forested slopes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flooding, because trees help reduce soil erosion and the flow of water downslope. 19. What percentage of the total volume of world's water is estimated to exist as oceans? A) 94.5%. B) 95.5%. C) 96.5%. D) 97.5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 96.5%. 20. What percentage of the world's water is fresh and drinkable? A) 6%. B) 25%. C) 3%. D) 36%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3%. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWater Resources QuizzesWater Resources Quiz 1Water Resources Quiz 2Water Resources Quiz 3Water Resources Quiz 4Water Resources Quiz 5Water Resources Quiz 6Water Resources Quiz 7Water Resources Quiz 8Water Resources Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books