This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Water Resources > Water Resources – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Water Resources Quiz 17 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. ..... hold water until it is needed. A) Dams. B) Reservoirs. C) Aqueducts. D) Valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoirs. 3. 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) Nonpoint-source pollution. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wastewater. 4. Conservation: A) Protecting things in nature. B) Sprays that kill bugs. C) Littering and dumping illegally on the ground. D) Making something new out of something old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protecting things in nature. 5. 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. 6. In which of the following states, the groundwater utilization is very high? A) Bihar. B) UP. C) Punjab. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 7. 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. 8. What is ONE disadvantage of desalination? A) The process kills fish. B) The process uses fuel that is expensive. C) The process makes water that is unsafe to drink. D) The process is too difficult to carry out in big cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process uses fuel that is expensive. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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) Saturated zone. B) Unsaturated zone. C) Surface. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Saturated zone. 12. Water in spaces between rock, soil, and gravel, is called what .....? A) Soil moisture. B) Perched water. C) Groundwater. D) Soil aquifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundwater. 13. 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. 14. How can people conserve water at home? A) Rinsing dishes with cool water instead of warm water. B) Washing dishes on ly when the dishwasher is full. C) Bathing pets with a hose instead of a bucket. D) Eating fish bought from the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washing dishes on ly when the dishwasher is full. 15. The process of suppling fresh water to farm fields for growing crops. A) Aqueduct. B) Irrigation. C) Spring. D) Runoff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Irrigation. 16. The process of removing salt from seawater A) Desalination. B) Runoff. C) Salinization. D) Wastewater. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desalination. 17. ..... and ..... movements were launched against the multipurpose projects A) 'narmada bachao and chipko movement. B) Save silent valley movement and tehri dam. C) Narmada bachao and tehri dam. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narmada bachao and tehri dam. 18. Which of the following is NOT a primary source goal of a dam or reservior? A) Produce electricity. B) Clean the water supply. C) Reduce down stream flooding. D) Supply water for irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clean the water supply. 19. How much world's water exist as freshwater A) 2.5%. B) 3.5%. C) 4%. D) 5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2.5%. 20. What is the process of moving water from its source to places where humans can use it? A) Water table. B) Recharge zone. C) Well. D) Water diversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water diversion. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Water Resources Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books