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