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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Water pollution and waste plays a big factor in water shortage.
True
False
Which answers are below are the reasons for unequal distribution?
Being rich or poor
There is no modern plumbing access to water
fresh water access due to contaminated water and walking many miles to water source
Water is often wasted for building projects and irrigation
All the above
What is the process that brings water to the farm areas where farmers do not have access to water?
An extra long soaker hose
hydroelectric power
irrigation
desalination
What is the process that electricity is produced from energy of running water?
desalination
hydroelectric power
irrigation
windmills
A process that removes salt from the ocean water.
desalination
hydroelectricity
irrigation
fossil water
Why is desalination not a practical process for water usage?
No one knows how to do it
It is too hard
It is too expensive and not practical to meet the region's needs
Which process is most important to the water cycle?
Flooding
evaporation
erosion
farm irrigation
During the water cycle, when water vapor changes to liquid water, it is called
evaporation
freezing
condensation
boiling
Which of these would MOST LIKELY occur if the rate of evaporation over the ocean were to decrease for an extended length of time?
The sea level would fall dramatically.
Ocean currents would reverse their directions.
The amount of precipitation on land would decrease.
Harmful chemicals would be formed in the atmosphere.
Water on Earth is found naturally as a solid, a liquid, and a gas. Where is MOST of the solid water of Earth?
deep in Earth’s mantle
in Earth’s polar regions
in the outer atmosphere
at the bottom of the ocean
Groundwater is part of the water cycle because
it is surface water
it collects precipitation and eventually returns it to surface waters
it does not evaporate easily
it becomes precipitation when heated
