Infiltration is...
The process by which water seeps into the ground.
The process by which water runs over the ground into rivers.
The process in which water flows through the soil.
A situation in which there is simply not enough water for human needs is...
Distillation
Physical Water Scarcity
Sanitation
Economic Water Scarcity
Which disease is transmitted by mosquitoes?
Cholera
Typhoid
Diarrhea
Malaria
True or false? The total surface of water in the earth surface is 71%.
True!
Underground water is accessed by...
Constructing canals
Drilling Wells
Opening the tap
Drip irrigation
Often water must be treated to become _______, safe to drink.
Delicious
Potable
Clarified
Pathogen
Most surface water is stored in...
dams
irrigation
ground water
glaciers
In general, water use worldwide is dominated by
All these are sectors that use water about equally
Domestic needs
Industrial activities
Agricultural use
The removal of salt from ocean water to create more portable water is called...
Towing icebergs
Xeriscaping
Water transport
Desalination
When sewage water is pushed through screens, sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms
filtration
bioreactors
coagulation
chlorination
Water is what type of resource?
renewable
non-renewable
continuous
Plants absorbing groundwater and pumping it into the atmosphere is called
none of these options
evaporation
sublimation
transpiration
The process of changing a liquid into vapor
excavation
evaporation
transpiration
condensation
When water flows along the ground is called
infiltration
interception
evaporation
surface run-off
When a country has a lot of water but cannot afford to extract it, purify it and make it available for the population
economic water scarcity
physical water scarcity
water availability
Name at least 2 ways in which legislations pressure industries regarding water pollution
requesting that they monitor their impact and that they find possible solutions, setting fines
