This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Water > Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 5 Water Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the freezing point of water? A) 0 degrees Celsius. B) 212 degrees Celsius. C) 100 degrees Celsius. D) 32 degrees Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0 degrees Celsius. 2. Surface water is namely A) Permafrost, lakes, rivers. B) Lakes, rivers, dessert. C) Groundwater, lakes, rivers. D) Tap water, permafrost, ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permafrost, lakes, rivers. 3. ..... % of the U.S. fresh water is used in our homes. A) 50. B) 60. C) 10. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 4. How many people lack access to safe drinking water? A) 4 billion. B) 6 billion. C) 8 billion. D) 3 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 billion. 5. Where is most of Earth's water located? A) Oceans. B) Rivers. C) Lakes. D) Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceans. 6. Water is considered a ..... resource A) Non-renewable. B) Dirty. C) Not usable. D) Renewable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renewable. 7. The best household way of obtaining potable water is by ..... A) Boiling. B) Filtration. C) Distillation. D) Chemical treatment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Boiling. 8. Which statement about water pollution is TRUE? A) Pollution only affects surface water. B) Pollution cannot be dissolved in water. C) Pollution affects both surface and groundwater. D) Pollution cannot travel through soil to groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pollution affects both surface and groundwater. 9. The temperature of water in a beaker measures 87 degrees Celsius. How many more degrees must the temperature increase to reach the boiling point? A) 13 degrees Celsius. B) 23 degrees Celsius. C) 100 degrees Celsius. D) 212 degrees Celsius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13 degrees Celsius. 10. What is the meaning of the word flows? A) Moves along smoothly. B) To fall in a zig zag pattern. C) To push through with a lot of force. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moves along smoothly. 11. The high tides also help in A) Travelling. B) Fishing. C) Swimming. D) Cooking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fishing. 12. Which is not a function of water in the body? A) Temperature regulation. B) Cushioning and moisturizing. C) Fat burning. D) Waste removal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fat burning. 13. Which one of the following solids is insoluble in water? A) Sugar. B) Sand. C) Copper sulfate. D) Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand. 14. Paper clips are able to float on water because of ..... A) Adhesion. B) Surface tension. C) Capillary action. D) Universal solvent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surface tension. 15. Which of the following is NOT a Water Management Activity? A) Contour bunding. B) Check dams and gully control structures. C) Bench terracing. D) Afforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Afforestation. 16. Germs and bacteria are destroyed by A) Chlorination. B) Boiling. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Filtration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 17. Why is turbidity, cloudiness, an important factor in water quality? A) Because fish need to be able to breathe. B) Because nitrates can cause algal blooms. C) Because coral are sensitive to temperature increases. D) Because underwater plants need light for photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because underwater plants need light for photosynthesis. 18. The amount of space between particles. A) Runoff. B) Surface water. C) Permeability. D) Porosity/Pore space. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Porosity/Pore space. 19. Freshwater makes up how much of the Earth's water supply? A) 3%. B) 25%. C) 75%. D) 97%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3%. 20. What happens when water evaporates? A) It rains. B) It forms clouds. C) The liquid turns into a gas called water vapor. D) The gas turns into a liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The liquid turns into a gas called water vapor. 21. High tides help in A) Navigation. B) Fishing. C) Generating electricity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Example of Hot Ocean current ..... A) Labrador. B) Peru (Humboldt). C) Gulf Stream. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulf Stream. 23. What are the Factors affect the movement of ocean water? A) The high speed of wind. B) Duration of wind. C) Earthquake or under water landslide. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 24. A water molecule sticking to a dissimilar surface is an example of water displaying ..... A) Cohesion. B) Adhesion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adhesion. 25. The flow of water is maximum in which season? A) Rainy. B) Autumn. C) Winters. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rainy. 26. Process of seeping of water into the ground A) Infiltration. B) Evaporation. C) Aquifer. D) Water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infiltration. 27. Large bodies of water help to keep nearby climates from being too hot or too cold because they A) Absorb heat in the spring and slowly release that heat in the fall. B) Absorb heat in the fall and slowly release that heat in the spring. C) Absorb heat in the summer and slowly release that heat in the winter. D) Absorb heat in the winter and slowly release that heat in the summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absorb heat in the summer and slowly release that heat in the winter. 28. Sea water is never still A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. The example of brackish water is ..... A) Underground water. B) Ground water. C) Rain water. D) Sea water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea water. 30. Which answer best describes cohesion? A) Water molecules are attracted to other molecules. B) Water molecules are polar. C) Water molecules are attracted to other water molecules. D) Water moves up against gravity in plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water molecules are attracted to other water molecules. 31. A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid is called: A) Liquification. B) A compound. C) A surfactant. D) An additive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A surfactant. 32. Which of these is NOT an example of surface tension: A) Athletic clothing that allows you to keep cool. B) Water bugs "walking" on water. C) Placing paper clips on the top of water. D) Raindrops beading up when they fall on a car windshield. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Athletic clothing that allows you to keep cool. 33. Which most likely increases transpiration? A) Increased runoff and increased cloud cover. B) Increased runoff and decreased cloud cover. C) Decreased runoff and increased cloud cover. D) Decreased runoff and decreased cloud cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increased runoff and decreased cloud cover. 34. What is the name given to water in the gaseous state? A) Water. B) Snow. C) Water vapour. D) Ice cube. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water vapour. 35. Pollution has ..... A) A negative human impact. B) Positive human impact. C) Humans have no impact. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A negative human impact. 36. What is an alpine glacier? A) A glacier that forms in polar regions. B) A glacier that forms in mountainous areas and flows down valleys. C) A glacier that forms at sea level. D) A glacier that covers large parts of continents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A glacier that forms in mountainous areas and flows down valleys. 37. The warm ocean ..... originate near the equator and move towards the pole A) Waves. B) Tides. C) Current. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Current. 38. To keep the rivers clean, which of the following options should be followed? A) Wash clothes in river. B) Not wash clothes in river. C) Throw wastes in river. D) Take bath in river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not wash clothes in river. 39. Choose the correct meaning of the word 'aqua'. A) The sound made by ducks. B) Water. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Water. 40. Plants absorb water from soil with the help of A) Bud. B) Shoot. C) Stem. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roots. 41. The largest estuary in the United States. A) Gulf of Mexico. B) North Caroline Sound. C) Chesapeake Bay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chesapeake Bay. 42. Water changing from a liquid to a gas is called ..... A) Evaporation. B) Condensation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation. 43. Why should people implement rainwater harvesting? A) In order to pour the rainwater directly to sewage. B) In order to play with the water. C) In order to use during scarcity of water. D) In order to time pass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In order to use during scarcity of water. 44. Most of the water on Earth can be described as A) Freshwater. B) Salt (marine) water. C) Groundwater. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salt (marine) water. 45. The meeting of two or more bodies of water is called ..... ? A) Confluence. B) River. C) Delta. D) Bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confluence. 46. What property of water allows for hydrogen bonding? A) Water is polar. B) Water is less dense as a solid. C) Water as a solvent. D) Water has a high specific heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water is polar. 47. ..... is when the sun's heat causes liquid water to become water vapor. A) Precipitation. B) Condensation. C) Evaporation. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evaporation. 48. Which factor speeds up the process of evaporation during the water cycle? A) High air pressure. B) Low humidity. C) Low air pressure. D) High temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High temperature. 49. Dead sea in Israel has salinity of ..... grams per litre of water A) 320. B) 340. C) 359. D) 240. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 340. 50. A water molecule contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Which of the following statements about water molecules is true? A) The oxygen atom is negatively charged and the hydrogen atoms are positively charged. B) The oxygen atom is positively charged and the hydrogen atoms are negatively charged. C) All of the atoms have a negative charge. D) All of the atoms have a positive charge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The oxygen atom is negatively charged and the hydrogen atoms are positively charged. 51. What does PM2.5 refer to? A) Particles larger than 10 micrometers. B) Particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers. C) Particles between 2.5 and 10 micrometers. D) Particles smaller than 1 micrometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers. 52. Crocodile is a ..... animal A) Land. B) Aquatic. C) Desert. D) Amphibious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amphibious. 53. A salt whose solubility increases with temperature is: A) KNO$_{3}$. B) Case $ _ {4} $. C) NaCl. D) That $ _ {2} $ so $ _ {4} $. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) KNO$_{3}$. 54. ..... currents are those that originate near the equator and flow towards the poles. A) (a) Warm. B) (b) Cold. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (a) Warm. 55. Water can hold a great deal of heat and help moderate the climate of a nearby landmass because of which property? A) Adhesion. B) Polarity. C) Cohesion. D) Specific heat (high heat capacity). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specific heat (high heat capacity). 56. What conditions will increase the amount of runoff and flooding in an area? A) Drought conditions. B) When the ground is already saturated. C) Soil types that have high permeability. D) The water table being low. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the ground is already saturated. 57. Why is it helpful to nature that ice floats? A) Fish swim on top of the ice. B) Fish swim around the ice. C) Fish swim underneath the ice. D) Ice doesn't float. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish swim underneath the ice. 58. People living in the hills get water from ..... A) Streams. B) Lakes. C) Springs. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Which of the following is a waterborne disease? A) Typhoid. B) Cholera. C) Diarrhoea. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 60. What property of water causes it to "stick to itself" and form droplets? A) Universal solvent. B) Polarity. C) Specific heat. D) Expands when it freezes. 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