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WATER PURIFICATION METHOD

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
People must have _______ to drink in order to survive.
a)
frozen water
b)
clean water
c)
contaminated water
d)
polluted water
2.

Which of the following is the best way to purify water?

a)

Add salt

b)

Put inside the refrigerator

c)

Filtration

d)

Find a very clean stream of water

3.

Can sand pass through filter paper?

a)

Yes

b)

No

4.

Which of these particles is NOT able to pass through a sand, gravel, and charcoal filter?

a)

bacteria

b)

water

c)

viruses

d)

large piece of dirt

5.

During the purification process, filtration separates the

a)

Microorganisms

b)

Suspended particles

c)

Dissolved substances

6.

What does chlorination do to the water?

a)

Removes microorganisms

b)

Removes suspended particles

c)

Removes dissolved substances

7.

Which of the following is the best method of obtaining pure water from seawater?

a)

Filtration

b)

Boiling

c)

Distillation

d)

Chlorination

8.

Which of the following water purification method(s) can remove suspended particles?

(1) Boiling

(2) Filtration

(3) Distillation

(4) Chlorination

a)

A. (2) and (4)only

b)

B. (1) and (2) only

c)

C. (2) and (3) only

d)

D. (2) , (3) and (4) only

9.

Which of the following water purification method(s) can remove dissolved substances?

(1) Boiling

(2) Filtration

(3) Distillation

(4) Chlorination

a)

A. (3) only

b)

B. (1) and (4) only

c)

C. (2) and (4) only

d)

D. (1), (2) and (3)

10.

Which of the following water purification method(s) can remove microorganisms?

(1) Boiling

(2) Filtration

(3) Distillation

(4) Chlorination

a)

A. (2) and (3) only

b)

B. (3) and (4)only

c)

C. (1) and (3) only

d)

D. (1), (3) and (4)

11.

What is the simplest water purification method?

a)

Decantation

b)

Sedimentation

c)

Boiling

d)

Chlorination

12.

Which of the following method of water purification kills germs?

a)

Sedimentation

b)

Decantation

c)

Filtration

d)

Chlorination

13.

Used to separate an insoluble solid from liquid or soluble solid

a)

Filtration

b)

Distillation

c)

Crystallisation

d)

Evaporation

14.

A Leibeg condenser is used in

a)

filtration

b)

evaporation

c)

chromatography

d)

distillation