Desalination

The most common method of desalination is:

• heat evaporation

• reverse osmosis

• solar power

• wind power

How much money has the United Arab Emirates spent on desalination as of 2017?

• $3.2 billion

• 10 billion

• $103.42 million

• 700 million

How much cubic feet of water is desalinated is Kuwait each day?

• 104.5 million

• 58.3 million

• 12.7 million

• 17.9 million

Desalination is the process of

• removing impurities from water

• removing salt from water

• removing seaweed from water

• putting salt back into water

The process of removing salt from sea water.

• Evaporation

• Desalination

• Perspiration

The method of desalination used at the major desalination plants in Western Australia is

• flash distillation

• osmosis

• reverse osmosis

• solar still

From the following, choose an DISADVANTAGE of desalination:

• The desalination plants are expensive to build.

• It preserves current freshwater drinking supplies.

• It generates high quality drinking water.

• It can be powered using renewable energy sources.

Choose the correct spelling:

• desalanation

• desallination

• desalination

• desalenation

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What is the primary purpose of desalination?

• To remove salt from seawater

• To add minerals to freshwater

• To purify wastewater

• To increase the pH of water

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Which of the following is a common method used in desalination plants?

• Reverse osmosis

• Electrolysis

• Fermentation

• Distillation

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