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Water

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are oceans?

a)

Expanses of salt water between continents.

b)

Undulating movements of water.

c)

Increases and decreases of sea level.

2.

What are enclosed seas?

a)

Seas that are part of the ocean.

b)

Seas that are connected to the ocean by a strait.

c)

Seas that are located inside the continent.

3.

What are coastal seas?

a)

Seas that are part of the ocean.

b)

Seas that are connected to the ocean by a strait.

c)

Seas that are located inside the continent.

4.

What are continental seas?

a)

Seas that are part of the ocean.

b)

Seas that are connected to the ocean by a strait.

c)

Seas that are located inside the continent.

5.

What are rivers?

a)

Accumulation of salt water.

b)

Permanent streams of surface water.

c)

Natural accumulations of water in Earth’s depressions.

6.

What does it mean for a river to have a nival regime?

a)

That its volume of water depends on the melting of snow.

b)

That its volume of water depends on the rain.

c)

That its volume of water depends on both the melting of snow and the rain.

7.

What does it mean for a river to have a mixed regime?

a)

That its volume of water depends on the melting of snow.

b)

That its volume of water depends on the rain.

c)

That its volume of water depends on both the melting of snow and the rain.

8.

What does it mean for a river to have a pluvial regime?

a)

That its volume of water depends on the melting of snow.

b)

That its volume of water depends on the rain.

c)

That its volume of water depends on both the melting of snow and the rain.

9.

What are lakes?

a)

Accumulation of salt water.

b)

Permanent streams of surface water.

c)

Natural accumulations of water in Earth’s depressions.

10.

How are lakes formed?

a)

Through internal factors, such as depressions or volcanoes.

b)

Through external factors, especially through erosion.

c)

Both a. and b. are correct.

11.

What is the hydrographic network?

a)

How the volume of a river rises and falls throughout the year.

b)

The gentle gradient of all rivers.

c)

A river and its tributaries.

12.

Where are aquifers formed?

a)

On top of impermeable rocks.

b)

Between a porous rock and an impermeable layer.

c)

In springs.

13.

Where are most of the freshwater reserves found?

a)

In the North and South Poles, in the form of glaciers and polar ice caps.

b)

In Europe and Russia, where the water is stored in reservoirs and canals.

c)

In North America, where the water is stored in reservoirs and canals.

14.

Near which of the following rivers did the first civilizations appear?

a)

Tigris, Euphrates, Rhine, Indus, Ganges and Huang He.

b)

Indus, Ganges, Huang He, Nile, Tigris and Euphrates.

c)

Tigris, Euphrates, Po, Rhine, Indus and Huang He.

15.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Nile

b)

Amazon

c)

Mississippi

16.

What is the most important characteristic of the Canary Coast?

a)

It has both mountainous areas and wide beaches.

b)

It has a volcanic origin, which results in steep slopes.

c)

It is connected to the land through the Strait of Gibraltar.

17.

Which of the following watersheds’ rivers have the most abundant and regular water flow?

a)

Cantabrian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Mediterranean

18.

Which of the following rivers are considered to be Mediterranean?

a)

Llobregat, Segura and Túria.

b)

Bidasoa, Nervión and Sella.

c)

Duero, Guadalquivir and Tajo.

19.

Which of the following rivers are considered to be Cantabrian?

a)

Llobregat, Segura and Túria.

b)

Bidasoa, Nervión and Sella.

c)

Duero, Guadalquivir and Tajo.

20.

Which of the following rivers are considered to be Atlantic?

a)

Llobregat, Segura and Túria.

b)

Bidasoa, Nervión and Sella.

c)

Duero, Guadalquivir and Tajo.

21.

Which of the following watersheds’ rivers are long and irregular in volume?

a)

Cantabrian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Mediterranean

22.

Which of the following watersheds’ rivers have their lowest volume during the summer?

a)

Cantabrian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Mediterranean

23.

Where is the Danube river located?

a)

Central and Southeast Europe

b)

Northern and Central Europe

c)

France

24.

Why has the Mississippi been a historically important river?

a)

It's a connector between Asia and Europe

b)

It supplied up to 20% of the world's oxygen

c)

It allowed the creation of trade networks

25.

Why was the Tiber river important?

a)

It was a boundary between great empires and a commercial highway

b)

It was a natural boundary between different human settlements during the Paleolithic

c)

The Roman civilization was born around it and it was used as means of transportation

26.

The installation used to eliminate salt from seawater is called...

a)

Desalination plant

b)

Water treatment plant

c)

Water diversion

d)

Reservoir

27.

The installation used to prevent pollutants from waste water reaching our rivers and seas is called...

a)

Desalination plant

b)

Water treatment plant

c)

Water diversion

d)

Reservoir

28.

The installation used to carry water to lands that need it is called...

a)

Desalination plant

b)

Water treatment plant

c)

Canal

d)

Reservoir

29.

The problem of the P (a)   of water resources is when a private company manages the access to water from the rest of the population.

30.

The I (a)   of water division is the uneven distribution of water resources.