Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 15 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is water used for in agriculture?
2. Which of the following is not a reason that we cannot use glaciers and ice caps as a source of fresh water?
3. Attraction between water molecules is known as (a) .
4. Oceans, seas, rivers, streams, ponds and lakes are the examples of .....
5. Plasmolysis occurs due to
6. Capillary action is the result of waters properties of cohesion and adhesion working together to allow water to .....
7. Oceans and salt lakes (seas) are fresh water.
8. Runoff from agricultural land carries chemicals from fertilizers that collect in a lake. The buildup of chemicals can eventually cause .....
9. Cold currents carry water from lower latitudes to poles.
10. Put the following types of water in order from the largest amount found on Earth to the smallest:GLACIERS/ICE CAPS, GROUNDWATER, RIVERS/LAKES, SALTWATER
11. The non porous layer of the ground forms the groundwater table
12. When a solid reaches the temperatures of its ..... , it can become a liquid.
13. Which is considered neutral?
14. Which of the following actions best describes 'conserving' water?
15. Fertilizers and sewage ..... the water supply.
16. Water vapor is a ..... ?
17. What do you call any substance that dissolves another substance?
18. Which of the following is LEAST likely to dissolve in water?
19. Rain water can be used for
20. We contaminate our drinkable water by .....
21. What is the best definition of aquifer?
22. The part of a river that is near the source.
23. Our drinkable water is found in .....
24. What percent of energy is tranfered through evaporation of water from the earth's surface?
25. Why does water take so long to boil?
26. The movement in the ocean can cause?
27. The liquid in which the solute dissolves is called a .....
28. Which source of freshwater forms when the water table reaches the Earth's surface?
29. Which country has the largest total renewable water resources?
30. Water under the ground
31. ..... is used as an indicator test to determine the general quality of the water.
32. What is an Exothermic reaction
33. Name the organization founded by Aamir Khan and his team to ensure that every village of Maharashtra has water.
34. What usually uses more water in the home?
35. What is virtual water?
36. What could point source pollution be from?
37. Water's property of specific heat mostly affects which component of weather?
38. How much Water is present 'Under ground'
39. High ground between two watersheds.
40. Water is a compound as:
41. Brackish water is:
42. Lakes and rivers are fresh water.
43. Water Droplets in clouds become heavy and fall back to earth
44. What are some types of natural disasters?
45. What do you mean by water conservation?
46. Water's changing from a liquid to a solid is .....
47. Which of the following is correct mass ratio of water?
48. A student gets a can of soda from the refrigerator. There is a thin film of moisture on the surface of the can. Which best describes the source of the moisture?
49. What are the factors affecting the height of the waves?
50. Compost is nutrient material made from decomposed plants
51. ..... group helped Darki Mai to buit a lake in her village.
52. Which of the following is true about the structure of water?
53. Weather occurs in the .....
54. Which of the following can water NOT dissolve?
55. How does fertilizer in your yard have the ability to affect others?
56. Burning wood to ash is an example of a:
57. Water from precipitation soaks down through permeable rock and soil layers. These layers contain water. This bottom layer is the
58. If water freezes into ice, the amount of mass .....
59. What would you rather drink?
60. Being a polar molecule, this means that it is a ..... charged molecule.