Infiltration is...
The process by which water runs over the ground into rivers.
The process by which water seeps into the ground.
The process in which water flows through the soil.
A situation in which there is simply not enough water for human needs is...
Economic Water Scarcity
Physical Water Scarcity
Sanitation
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...
Drip irrigation
Drilling Wells
Constructing canals
Opening the tap
Often water must be treated to become _______, safe to drink.
Potable
Pathogen
Delicious
Clarified
Most surface water is stored in...
ground water
dams
irrigation
glaciers
In general, water use worldwide is dominated by
Industrial activities
Agricultural use
Domestic needs
All these are sectors that use water about equally
The removal of salt from ocean water to create more portable water is called...
Desalination
Xeriscaping
Water transport
Towing icebergs
When sewage water is pushed through screens, sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms
chlorination
bioreactors
coagulation
filtration
Water is what type of resource?
renewable
non-renewable
continuous
Plants absorbing groundwater and pumping it into the atmosphere is called
evaporation
none of these options
transpiration
sublimation
The process of changing a liquid into vapor
evaporation
transpiration
excavation
condensation
When water flows along the ground is called
surface run-off
evaporation
infiltration
interception
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
