Geography: Water in South Africa Quiz 2_sk

What is the primary source of fresh water on Earth?

• Lakes

• Rivers

• Rain

• Oceans

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Where can farmers get water for irrigation?

Choose 2 correct answers.

• Rivers

• Dams

• The ocean

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Match the below ways of storing water:

• Underground water brought up with bucket

• Reservoir

• Water pumped from deep hole in ground

• Borehole

• Large tank storing clean water for town

• Well

• A wall built over a river by humans

• Water Tanks

• Rain from roof into a pipe into a tank

• Dam

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Water is stored in a dam when water from the ​ (a)   collects behind a ​ (b)   .

• river
• dam wall

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What is the purpose of sluice gates in a dam?

• To filter water

• To open and close water flow

• To collect rainwater

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Match the uses of waters to the industry:

• Filling swimming pools

• Power Stations

• Watering parks and gardens

• Mines

• Cooling and getting metal from rock

• Households

• Making electricity

• Factories

• Cleaning and cooling machines

• Towns and cities

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How does factories and farms pollute water?

Choose 4 correct answers.

• Chemicals in waste water flows into rivers and dams

• Chemicals from factories goes into the air and cause acid rain

• Rain washes fertilizers and pesticides into rivers and dams

• Animal droppings was into rivers and dams when it rains

• Factories and farms never pollutes water

Nearly all the water in the world is in ​ (a)   .

• oceans
• rivers
• dams

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What is the purpose of a water treatment plant?

• To build dams

• To clean sewage

• To store water

• To collect rainwater

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True or False:

There would be life on earth without water.

• True

• False

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