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Water

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day is called

a)

Tide

b)

Ocean current

c)

Wave

2.

The sun's heat causes evaporation of __________.

a)

water

b)

sand

c)

gas

d)

vapour

3.

Generally warm ocean current originate near the __________.

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

Frigid zone

4.

March 22nd is celebrated is _____________.

a)

World Water Day

b)

World Earth Day

c)

Afforestation Day

5.

Tsunami is a ____________ word.

a)

Japanese

b)

English

c)

Arabic

d)

Chinese

6.

Over _________ Percent of Fresh Water on Earth is Trapped in Glaciers.

a)

68

b)

65

c)

50

d)

70

7.

The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere and land

a)

Water cycle

b)

Tides

c)

Waves

d)

Ocean currents

8.

Which water is salty?

a)

River water

b)

Sea water

c)

Pond water

d)

Rain water

9.

Which one of the following is an artificial enclosure for keeping small house plants?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Thermosphere

c)

Terrarium

d)

Climate

10.

Sea water contains

a)

97.3% of salt

b)

2% of salt

c)

0.973% of salt

d)

0.68% of salt

11.

The movements that occur in oceans can be broadly called

a)

water cycle

b)

circulation

c)

wave

d)

all of these

12.

When did Tsunami strike the Indian ocean?

a)

26 December, 2006

b)

26 December, 2007

c)

26 December, 2005

d)

26 December, 2004

13.

The Labrador and Gulf stream are the examples of:

a)

Tides

b)

Waves

c)

Tsunami

d)

Ocean currents

14.

Salinity is the amount of salt in grams present in ___ grams of water.

a)

0.1

b)

1000

c)

10000

d)

100

15.

The ____ originate near the equator and move towards the pole

a)

Cold ocean currents

b)

High tides

c)

Low tides

d)

Warm ocean currents

16.

When the moon is in its first and last quarter, the ocean waters get drawn in diagonally opposite directions by the gravitational pull of sun and earth resulting in low tides. These tides are called

a)

Small tides

b)

Neap tides

c)

Spring tides

d)

Long tides

17.

Dead sea is a

a)

Sea

b)

Lake

18.

Indira point was in

a)

Lakshadweep

b)

Kerala

c)

Andaman and Nicobar

d)

Tamil Nadu

19.

Common salt that we mostly eat is

a)

Nitrogen Chloride

b)

Hydrogen Chloride

c)

Sodium Oxide

d)

Sodium Chloride

20.

What fraction of earth is covered by water

a)

One-half

b)

Three-fourth

c)

One-third

d)

One-fourth