WATER : A PRECIOUS RESOURCE

1. How much percent is freshwater

• 3%

• 4%

• 3.5%

• 2.5%

2. Which place in Rajasthan did they change the dry area into the greenery.

• Udaipur

• Ajmer

• Jaipur

• Alwar

3. Water harvesting means understanding the value of _______.

• Sun

• Air

• Rain

• Clouds

4. When there is a shortage of water, the plants may slow down the process of ___ or even stop it.

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transportation

4. Due to the higher ___ rate and low expectations of life in these countries, the percentage of dependents is very high.

• Death

• City

• Birth

• Life

Due to excessive irrigation in the north side of India, it is shifting the monsoon towards the _______ of India putting the paddy farmers at extra risk of crop failure.

• Northwest

• Northeast

• Southwest

• Southeast

Which of the following does not show water shortage?

• Taps running dry

• Long queue for getting water

• Marches and protests for demand of water

• A family gets three buckets of water per person per day

farmers in India depend upon ------- for irrigating their crops.

• soil

• seeds

• rain

• all the above

Why is fresh water a limited resource?

• It isn't because it is a renewable resource

• 97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink.

• Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes.

Where most freshwater is stored is in _________.

• Groundwater
• pH
• Glaciers
• Sea water