This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Water > Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Atmospheric water vapor helps keep Earth warm by ..... A) Reflecting solar radiation. B) Absorbing solar energy and greenhouse effect. C) Producing clouds. D) Moving energy around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorbing solar energy and greenhouse effect. 2. How much of Earth's water is available for human use? A) 71%. B) 97%. C) Less than 1%. D) 2%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Less than 1%. 3. Water's ability to stick to glass is A) Surface tention. B) Adhesion. C) Capillary action. D) Cohesion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adhesion. 4. When water on thesurface of the ocean rises and falls alternately, they are called tides ( true/ false ) A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. The scales decrease the efficiency of boiler and chances of explosions are also there. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 6. Which of the following terms refers to all ofEarth's water? A) Water cycle. B) Hydrosphere. C) Dew point. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hydrosphere. 7. Linda is cooking rice for dinner. Her mother asked her to washed the rice grain before she put it into fire. What separation of mixtures she should use? A) Distillation. B) Chromatography. C) Decantation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decantation. 8. What is the weight of water? (It's density) A) One pound. B) One gram per cubic centimeter. C) 10 million grams. D) Zero, water has no weight. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One gram per cubic centimeter. 9. What causes water to "bead up" and stick together better than oil or alcohol? A) Electricity. B) Surface Tension. C) Stickiness. D) Molecular bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface Tension. 10. How does water carve through land? A) When waterfalls move rock and soil into a pool below. B) When rivers carve great valleys and canyons into the land over time. C) When frozen water moves slowly over the land. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When rivers carve great valleys and canyons into the land over time. 11. In a water molecule, the OXYGEN atom has what type of charge? A) Positive. B) Negative. C) No charge. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative. 12. State of matter that includes steam. A) Solids. B) Liquids. C) Gases. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gases. 13. How does water shape the Earth? A) By putting different shapes together. B) Water wears away rocks and soil as it flows over the land. It also moves soil and rocks to other places. C) By creating a tsunami. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water wears away rocks and soil as it flows over the land. It also moves soil and rocks to other places. 14. Name a place to obtain salt A) River. B) Seawater. C) Lake water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seawater. 15. How many watersheds are there in Pennsylvania? A) 2. B) 3. C) 6. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6. 16. What is the name for the type of water pollution caused by excessive nutrients? A) Water chemical pollution. B) Water thermal pollution. C) Eutrophication. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eutrophication. 17. What is condensation? A) Water vaport becoming liquid water as it cools. B) Rain becoming ice as it cools. C) Ice becoming liquid water as it warms. D) Rain becoming water vapor as it warms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water vaport becoming liquid water as it cools. 18. How does a hydrogen bond form? A) Between the positive hydrogen of one water molecule and the negative oxygen of another. B) Between the positive hydrogen of one water molecule and the negative hydrogen of another. C) Between the positive oxygen of one water molecule and the negative oxygen of another. D) Between the positive hydrogen of one water molecule and the positive hydrogen of another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the positive hydrogen of one water molecule and the negative oxygen of another. 19. What is a synonym for watershed? A) Drainage basin. B) Tributary. C) Divide. D) Canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drainage basin. 20. Rain water can be collected in- A) Overhead tanks. B) Underground tanks. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 21. Which of the following does not show water shortage? A) Taps running dry. B) Long queue for getting water. C) Marches and protests for demand of water. D) A family gets three buckets of water per person per day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A family gets three buckets of water per person per day. 22. How does ice float? A) As water freezes, the space between molecules expand, decreasing its density. B) As water freezes, it takes up more oxygen from the air, increasing its density. C) As water freezes, it takes up more hydrogen, increasing its density. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) As water freezes, the space between molecules expand, decreasing its density. 23. Boiling makes water ..... A) Dirty. B) Germ-free. C) Harmful. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germ-free. 24. Generally the warm ocean currents originate near A) Poles. B) Equator. C) None of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator. 25. When ice melts, its density ..... ? A) Decreases. B) Remains the same. C) Increases. D) Becomes Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases. 26. Deliquescence means: A) Losing moisture. B) Absorbing moisture and becoming a liquid. C) Losing water of crystallisation. D) Absorbing moisture without changing state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absorbing moisture and becoming a liquid. 27. When water is heated it changes into ..... A) Rain. B) Water vapour. C) Sea. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water vapour. 28. The Process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere and land called ..... A) Tide. B) Water Cycle. C) Ocean Current. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water Cycle. 29. How does water get dirty? A) When we throw garbage in to rivers and lakes. B) When we wash clothes in to river. C) When we wash utensils to rivers. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 30. Where is most of the Earth's freshwater located? A) In aquifers. B) In rivers and streams. C) In the ocean. D) In icecaps and glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In icecaps and glaciers. 31. ARE THE FOLLLOWING STATEMENTS TRUE or FALSE.There is more water now than before A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Which is the Japanese word which means 'Harbour Waves'? A) Tsunami. B) Sea wave. C) Ocean wave. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunami. 33. Why are ridges or divides important in a watershed? A) They provide recreational areas. B) They are the main source of pollution. C) They separate different watersheds. D) They create new rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They separate different watersheds. 34. The up and down movements seen on the surface of ocean water are known as ..... A) (a) Tides. B) (b) Ocean Currents. C) (c) Waves. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (c) Waves. 35. What is diffusion? A) When molecules move from a high concentration to a low concentration. B) Molecules move everywhere. C) When molecules move from a low concentration to a high concentration. D) No movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When molecules move from a high concentration to a low concentration. 36. ..... is the main source of water on the earth. A) Well. B) Rain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain. 37. The use of pesticides and fertilizers is carefully monitored because of the effect they can have on the environment. Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use of these chemical on the environment? A) Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams. B) Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk. C) These chemicals are expensive to produce. D) Storage space for these chemicals is limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams. 38. Ravi wants to build an apartment with a big playground. Which type of landscape will he choose. A) Mountain. B) Plainland. C) Desert. D) Rocky land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plainland. 39. Bedrock is impermeable by water. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. This atom in a water molecule has more of a negative charge A) Oxygen. B) Hydrogen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen. 41. During ..... stage, liquid water rises into the sky as a vapor, or gas. A) Runoff (collection). B) Condensation. C) Precipitation. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 42. Why does water ice have a lower density than liquid water? A) Because it floats. B) Because it is a crystal. C) Because the molecules expand in volume as water freezes into a crystal. D) Because ice is colder than water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the molecules expand in volume as water freezes into a crystal. 43. Which state is NOT located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed? A) New Jersey. B) Pennsylvania. C) New York. D) Delaware. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Jersey. 44. Which will increase transpiration? A) Increase in the sun's energy. B) Increase in evaporation. C) Decrease in evaporation. D) Decrease in the sun's energy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase in the sun's energy. 45. Circulation of water among various components of environment is called ..... A) Oxygen cycle. B) Water circulation. C) Water cycle. D) Nitrogen cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water cycle. 46. Evaporate involves a change of state from ..... to ..... A) Liquid to Solid. B) Solid to Liquid. C) Liquid to Gaseous. D) Gaseous to Liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liquid to Gaseous. 47. There are three types of natural sources of freshwater are available on the Earth. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Which is the solute in this solution? Tea and honey. A) Tea. B) Honey. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Honey. 49. Which of the following helps us to get underground water? A) Ponds. B) Lake. C) Tube wells. D) Seas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tube wells. 50. Why can fish survive winters in a pond? A) Ice is less dense than liquid water so it will be on the top of a lake or pond allowing fish to swim beneath it. B) Water is available in all 3 phases so ice will be on the top of a lake or pond allowing fish to swim beneath it. C) Water is polar so ice will be on the top of a lake or pond allowing fish to swim beneath it. D) Adhesion so ice will be on the top of a lake or pond allowing fish to swim beneath it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice is less dense than liquid water so it will be on the top of a lake or pond allowing fish to swim beneath it. 51. What effect does the sun have on surface water? A) It causes it to boil. B) It causes it to rain. C) It causes it to sink. D) It causes it to evaporate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It causes it to evaporate. 52. Select the answer that places the water sources in order from the most abundant on earth to the least abundant on earth. A) Riverslakesoceansgroundwatericecaps and glaciers. B) Lakes OceansGroundwaterIcecaps and glaciersrivers. C) OceansIcecaps and glaciersGroundwaterLakesRivers. D) GroundwaterLakesRiversoceansIcecaps and glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) OceansIcecaps and glaciersGroundwaterLakesRivers. 53. 1 ..... is called the universal solvent. A) Milk. B) Coffee. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 54. The boiling point of water in Fahrenheit? A) 223. B) 247. C) 100. D) 212. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 212. 55. Smaller stream that feeds into a river. A) Tributary. B) Watershed. C) Divide. D) Channel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributary. 56. What is eutrophication? A) The process of increasing oxygen levels in a body of water. B) The process where a body of water has too many nutrients, leading to excessive algae growth and oxygen loss. C) The process of removing nutrients from a body of water, leading to excessive algae growth and oxygen loss. D) The process of reducing algae growth in a body of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The process where a body of water has too many nutrients, leading to excessive algae growth and oxygen loss. 57. Nucleotides are the building blocks (monomers) of ..... A) Carbohydrates. B) Lipids. C) Nucleic Acids. D) Proteins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nucleic Acids. 58. Where does our home waste water should go? A) Open Desert. B) Irrrigation. C) Sewage. D) Evaporation pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sewage. 59. Many substances dissolve in water because ..... A) Water molecules tend to stick together. B) Water is polar. C) Water has a high heat capacity. D) Water has high surface tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water is polar. 60. What is the force that holds molecules of a single substance together and its the property of water that allows one water molecule to stick to other water molecules? A) Adhesion. B) Cohesion. C) Specific heat. D) Universal solvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cohesion. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 7 QuizzesClass 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 1Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 2Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 3Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 4Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 5Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 6Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 7Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books