Year 7 JacPlus 10.4 v1

What is the term for water that is stored in the root zone of the soil and used by plants?

• C) Grey water

• A) Blue water

• B) Green water

• D) Black water

What is the term for water that has been sourced from surface or groundwater and is used in agriculture, industry, and domestic water?

• A) Green water

• B) Blue water

• C) Grey water

• D) Black water

What is the average time water stays in the atmosphere before falling to Earth as precipitation?

• A) 5 days

• D) 20 days

• B) 9 days

• C) 15 days

Where is up to 70 per cent of the Earth's water locked?

• A) Deserts

• B) Oceans

• C) Ice sheets in the Arctic, Greenland, and Antarctica

• D) Lakes

What is the term for water held within water-bearing rocks, or aquifers, in the ground?

• A) Surface water

• B) Green water

• D) Groundwater

• C) Blue water

What is the term for the process where groundwater is replenished when surface water seeps into aquifers?

• A) Groundwater discharge

• B) Groundwater recharge

• D) Groundwater extraction

• C) Groundwater depletion

What is the term for the water that is used to water suburban gardens and parks, golf courses, and crops?

• D) Grey water

• C) Bore water

• A) Spring water

• B) Mineral water

What is vital for drinking, irrigation, and industry use?

• A) Spring water

• B) Mineral water

• D) Groundwater

• C) Bore water

What keeps many of our rivers flowing, even during long periods without rain?

• B) Green water

• A) Surface water

• D) Groundwater

• C) Blue water

Which process describes the movement of water from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again?

• A) Water cycle

• B) Groundwater flow

• C) Evaporation

• D) Condensation