Water Resources Quiz 22 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an example of nonpoint-source pollution?

Correct Answer: C) Rain washing salt off the roads.

2. What type of system targets individual plants and introduces water directly into the soil rather than with a sprinkler system?

Correct Answer: D) Drip irrigation.

3. How much salt water covers the earth?

Correct Answer: C) 71%.

4. Why is water scarcity mainly caused?

Correct Answer: B) Excessive use and unequal access to water.

5. All are ways human lives are impacted because of changing water resources. Which of the following is an example of a POSITIVE impact?

Correct Answer: C) Water is able to reach farms and towns further away from a river, opening up more places for people to live.

6. The Deepwater Horizon disaster is an example of what kind of pollution?

Correct Answer: A) Point source.

7. The stage of sewage treatment that uses filters, screens or grit tanks to remove macroscopic materials

Correct Answer: A) Primary.

8. Sliding of huge debris, rocks and other material down the slope is known as:

Correct Answer: C) Land slides.

9. Which of these physical features are best suited for living?

Correct Answer: C) Plains and river valleys.

10. Desalination produces large amounts of .....?

Correct Answer: C) Salt.

11. Which is a way to conserve water?

Correct Answer: C) Utilize gutters and rain barrels to collect rain water.

12. How did the increasing number of industries affect the water condition?

Correct Answer: B) Pressure on existing freshwater resources.

13. The build up of salt in soil leading to a loss in crop productivity is called

Correct Answer: C) Salinization.

14. Each time we turn on the tap, ..... systems bring this important resource into our homes.

Correct Answer: B) Plumbing.

15. The Narmada Bachao Andolan is associated with

Correct Answer: A) Sardar sarovar dam.

16. A natural area designated to protect the ecological integrity of one or more ecosystems for present and future generations is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) National Park.

17. The first and the only state in India which has made roof top rain water harvesting compulsory to all across the state.

Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu.

18. Land used for business and/or use of natural resources is called

Correct Answer: C) Commercial Land.

19. Which of the following is true about rainfall harvesting schemes?

Correct Answer: B) Is relatively easy to maintain.

20. Which of the following affects how freshwater is used?

Correct Answer: C) Population size.