WorksheetsChapter 13- Water Resources
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The lack of sufficient water to meet the needs of the people in a country or region is called
a)
water deficit
b)
water shortage
c)
hydrological poverty
d)
hydrological shortage
2.
The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called
a)
zone of saturation
b)
aquifer
c)
the water table
d)
surface water
3.
Throughout the world, the majority of water is used for
a)
irrigation
b)
industrial uses
c)
humans and animals
d)
cooling towers of power plants
4.
Saudi Arabia gets 70% of its drinking water from
a)
deep aquifers
b)
water imports
c)
desalinization
d)
dammed rivers
5.
Withdrawing too much water from an aquifer can cause all of the following except
a)
freshwater contaminated with saltwater
b)
land subsidence
c)
sinkholes
d)
drought
6.
The term subsidence refers to
a)
failure of the groundwater supply
b)
accumulation of silt behind a dam
c)
sinking of ground when water has been withdrawn
d)
intrusion of salt water into a freshwater aquifer
7.
Because of greatly increased irrigation, Africa's Lake Chad has shrunk by ____% since the 1960s.
a)
46
b)
96
c)
56
d)
76
8.
There are four major problems associated with the use of the Colorado River's water. Which one of the following is not one of those problems?
a)
Mexico and the U.S. have agreed to take more water than the river has.
b)
The river does not have much of a flow considering its size.
c)
The Colorado River basin includes some of the driest areas in the U.S.
d)
The river gets most of its water from mountain snow melt.
9.
One method of desalination uses high pressure to force saltwater through a membrane filter. This method is called
a)
diffusion
b)
distillation
c)
reverse osmosis
d)
active transport
10.
According to water resource experts, the main cause of water waste is
a)
leakage
b)
long showers
c)
cheap prices
d)
dishwashers
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