Water Revision

An environmental resource is something found in the natural environment and which is useful to human beings. True or false?

• True

• False

Many environmental resources are renewable. From the list below, choose all the environmental resources that are renewable.

• House

• Water

• Fish

• Wind

• Soil

______ is the process that changes water vapour into water droplets to form clouds.

• Condensation

• Evaporation 

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

______ is the process that turns liquid water into water vapour.

• Condensation

• Evaporation 

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

______ is any way that moisture falls from the atmosphere onto the Earth’s surface.

• Condensation

• Evaporation 

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

______ is the water stored below the surface of the Earth.

• Condensation

• Evaporation 

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

Indicate the ways in which human beings can use water. Select all possible answers from the list below.

• Drinking

• Kite flying

• Generating energy

• Cooking

Indicate the ways in which human beings can use water. Select all possible answers from the list below.

• Reading

• Teaching

• Recreation

• Transportation

An oasis in the desert has groundwater in it. True or false?

• True

• False

Identify from the list below all the ways in which electricity is produced in Australia.

• Nuclear power

• Burning coal

• Wind turbines

• Solar panels

• Bicycle generators