Natural resources - water
Description: natural resources - water | |
Number of Questions: 78 | |
Created by: Shaka Gupte | |
Tags: water and air and their importance evs sources of water biology chemistry the earth and its living world water evs - i safety and first aid for a pollution free nation air water and soil natural resources - air water and land |
Rain is the ultimate source of water.
Choose the correct option. The total water
Which one of the following is not responsible for water shortage ?
Which of the following is most important in water cycle?
Life is sustainable with water only because
Which one of the following fish is being illegally introduced for aquaculture purposes and is posing a threat to the indigenous catfishes of Indian rivers?
The water cycle in nature involves which of the following processes sequentially?
Primary source of water is
The continuous movement of water on surface of the earth is described as
All of the following are the properties of water except ____________.
Which of the following plays a very important role in causing rainfall?
Water cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes except
In the water cycle, the process by which water is returned to the atmosphere is known as
Which of the following processes represents X?
River -> X -> Clouds
The largest part of hydrosphere is
Which of the following explains drought?
Which of the following are included in hydrosphere?
The part of earth comprising water is called an
Water is required in our daily life; as per United Nations what is the minimum amount of amount required for a single person to maintain proper hygiene?
The water is bad conductor of electricity.
Which sea is referred to as an oceanic desert?
Water vapor contains a huge amount of stored energy known as
If all the water vapor in the atmosphere were to condense and fall to the ground, the globe would be covered with about of water.
Which of the following is 'water wise habit'?
What does high velocity in river cause?
An example of lotic system
The top layer of the lake is called as
What is chemical formula of water?
What reduces water quality?
Which region of Africa was most involved in drought?
Which one of the following is not a reason for shortage of usable water?
What affects velocity and surface expansion of river?
More than 70% of world's fresh water is present in
The fresh water is continually being renewed and recharged through
Which of the following play a very important role in causing rainfall ?
Which of the following processes is involved in the water cycle?
What is the origin of energy that drives the water cycle?
Water cycle is made up of which of the two overlapping cycles?
Which of the following functions performed by a forest help most in controlling drought?
Rain fall patterns depend on
Which of the following process is not a step involved in water cycle operating in nature?
Water cycle leads to change in
Transfer of heat within water is by
Which phase of water cycle gives us fresh water?
During water cycle, the water undergoes .......... phase.
................... is one of the ways by which water moves on the Earth.
Which of the following are essential for the maintenance of balance in the ecosystem?
Water vapour in the clouds undergoes ............ and comes down as rain.
Identify the man made calamities.
Deforestation and pollution are the main causes of drought.
The forest fire is a man made calamity whereas fire is a natural calamity.
The groups of small rivers form bigger river is called as
Lakes get water from
Which of the following forms river?
What is an aquifer?
Total earth's surface covered by water is
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) in a river water :
What happens when rain falls on soil without vegetational cover?
Abundant source of inonazite sands are found on the sea shores of
What are examples of fresh water?
When the air temperature increases, the saturation vapor pressure will:
A ___________ is formed due to the collection of water in a natural basis or depression in a mountainous area or in plains.
Which water can be consumed by humans?
A slow moving river of solid ice is called
Red sea is an example of a _____________ structure.
Water vapor is:
Distilled water is commonly used across manufacturing and within industry when the highest quality of water is required.
Pilgrims to which of the following Hindu lakes used to consider "eaten by crocodiles" as sacred until the British caught the crocodiles and shifted them to nearby reservoir?
How much water is contained by hydrosphere?
About how much water is recycled in the form of rains per year?
Which among the following is one of the largest wintering ground for the migratory waterfowl in India?
What does ocean, river and glacier form?
Water remaining in the soil after a plant has permanently wilted is
Out of the total, rainfall over the sea is
The rain shadow effect is used to describe rainfall around certain mountain ranges. Choose the correct statement.
Of the total water evaporated from oceans, precipitation returns
Cyclic/frontal rainfall generally occurs