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water in the world practice test

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a negative way water can impact places?

a)

Cleans our clothes

b)

Flush our toilet

c)

Supporting our life

d)

Flooding our towns

2.

What do we call solid H20?

a)

Snow

b)

Hail

c)

Ice

d)

All of the above answers

3.

What happens during condensation?

a)

water droplets freeze

b)

water runs along the ground

c)

water changes into vapour

d)

water vapour changes into tiny water droplets, forming clouds

4.

What is a positive way water effects places?

a)

It makes the grass grow green

b)

It makes your internal house walls swell up

c)

It makes mud and erodes the soil

d)

It makes the rocks grow big and strong

5.

What do we commonly call H20 gas?

a)

water vapour

b)

fog

c)

steam

d)

all of these answers

6.

What happens during transpiration?

a)

water droplets fall down from the clouds

b)

liquid water moves through the trees or plants and evaporates through the leaves into the atmosphere

c)

water vapour changes into solids, forming clouds

7.

What type of effect do dams have on their environments?

a)

mainly positive

b)

all positive

c)

mainly negative

d)

the birds can't swim up stream

8.

How does water connect places?

a)

transport

b)

common trade

c)

disperses nutrient across the landscape

d)

All of these answers are true

9.

Do all people around the world have access to clean drinking water?

a)

yes

b)

no

10.

In which country do 100% of the people have access to clean drinking water?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

China

c)

Australia

d)

Sudan

11.

Name the three things that have the largest effect on climate

a)

bores, dams, irrigation

b)

temperature and rainfall

c)

mountains and the wind

d)

latitude, elevation, oceans

12.

Do deserts create rain shadows?

a)

true

b)

false

13.

What is the name of the mountain range that runs along Australia's east coast?

a)

the mountains of greatness

b)

the hills of nixellbrix

c)

the great unifying range

d)

the great dividing range

14.

Where in Australia does it rain the most

a)

The North and South coast

b)

Central Australia

c)

North and East coast

d)

Easter Island

15.

Why does it rain more in Cairns than in Canberra?

a)

Canberra is the capital of Australia

b)

Longitude, Humidity, Prevailing winds

c)

Rain shadows, Snowy mountains

d)

Latitude, Elevation, Ocean currents

16.

Which two elements are recorded on a climate graph?

a)

rainfall and latitude

b)

rainfall and temperature

c)

elevation and temperature

d)

cookies and cream

17.

How do geographers evaluate the human value of water?

a)

evaluate in regards to atomic structures

b)

evaluate in regards to blood thickness in living organisms

c)

evaluate in regards to changes in social, economic, and environmental impacts

d)

evaluate in terms of single use or recyclable applications

18.

What is an example of how water effects peoples social life?

a)

It allows people to gather for water based hobbies such as surfing or fishing

b)

It brings people together for rest and relaxation around special features such as water falls, fountains, or ponds

c)

water creates a chance for people to come together around spiritual cleansing ceremonies such as baptism or ritual washing

d)

All of these answers are true

e)

This is all rubbish, water is just a molecule that makes no difference to anything socially, as it has no personality.