Unit 5: Groundwater issues (Males)

Groundwater abstraction has increased agricultural activity, but it has also....

• decreased groundwater salinity

• increased groundwater salinity

• reduced food security

• increased wetlands

Recharge dams are helpful for restoring aquifers because they....

• increase rainwater absorption.

• cause rainwater to evaporate.

• decrease rainwater absorption.

• only provide water during rainy seasons.

'Reservoir' in paragraph 9 is a synonym for which of the following words?

• ocean

• pool

• river

• wadi

Which two things helped the aquifer in Al Khoud to recover?

• More rainfall and recharge dam.

• desalination plant and over-abstraction.

• recharge dam and over-abstraction.

• recharge dam and desalination plant.

The Batinah region has a big problem with groundwater and soil salinity. A big advantage it has is....

• wadis are closer to the sea.

• wells are being abandoned.

• wadis are further from the sea.

• wadis receive rains seasonally.

Two ways to protect aquifers are laws....

• increasing the use of fertilizer by farms.

• decreasing the distance between wells.

• decreasing the use of fertilizer by farms.

• increasing the distance between wells.