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1. What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

A) 50%
B) 70%
C) 30%
o D) 80%
Answer: B) 70%
2. What is the main source of freshwater on Earth?
A) Oceans
B) Rivers
o C) Glaciers and ice caps
o D) Lakes
Answer: C) Glaciers and ice caps
3. Which of the following is not a method of water conservation?
A) Rainwater harvesting
B) Drip irrigation
C) Leaving the tap running
D) Using a broom instead of a hose
Answer: C) Leaving the tap running
4. Which cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, ab
the surface of the Earth?
A) Water cycle
B) Carbon cycle
o C) Nitrogen cycle
o D) Rock cycle
Answer: A) Water cycle
5. What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid wate
A)Evaporation
B) Condensation
C) Precipitation
D) Infiltration
Answer: B) Condensation
6. Which of the following is a non-renewable water source?
o A) Rainwater
B) Aquifers
C) Glaciers
o D) Lakes
Answer: B) Aquifers
7. What is the term for water that is safe to drink?
A) Contaminated water
B) Potable water
C) Distilled water
D) Hard water
Answer: B) Potable water
8. What is a watershed?
A) A large body of saltwater
B)An area that drains water to a common outlet
C) A type of irrigation system
D)A water treatment facility
Answer: B) An area that drains water to a common outlet
9. Which of the following is a consequence of water pollution?
A)Increased biodiversity
B) Health problems
C) Improved water quality
D) None of the above
Answer: B) Health problems
10. What is desalination?
A)Water purification
B) Removal of salt from seawater
C) Adding minerals to water
D) Water recycling
Answer: B) Removal of salt from seawater
11. Which human activity is a major cause of water pollution?
o A) Planting trees
B) Factory waste disposal
o C) Using bicycles
o D) Organic farming
o Answer: B) Factory waste disposal
12. What does the term 'aquifer' refer to?
o A) A type of irrigation system
B) A layer of underground water
C) A water storage tank
o D) A water filter
Answer: B) A layer of underground water
13. Which of the following is a renewable water source?
A) Fossil water
o B) Surface runoff
o C) Groundwater
o D)Seawater
Answer: B) Surface runoff
14. What is the primary use of water globally?
A) Industrial use
o B) Agricultural use
C) Domestic use
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D) Recreational use
Answer: B) Agricultural use
15. Which is a method to prevent water wastage in agriculture?
A) Flood irrigation
o B) Sprinkler system
o C) Open channel irrigation
D) Overwatering
Answer: B) Sprinkler system
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O Answer: B) Sprinkler
16. Which term deseribes the losssystem
of water through evaporation andp
transpiration?
A) Evapotranspiration
o B) Infiltration
o C) Surface runoff
D) Percolation
o Answer: A) Evapotranspiration

7. What do you call the layer of soil that retains water?


o A)Bedrock
B) Aquifer
C) Water table
o D) Capillary zone
o Answer: C) Water table
What is rainwater harvesting?
o A) Collecting rainwater for reuse
B) Watering plants with rain
o C) Letting rainwater drain away
o D) Using rain for drinking
o Answer: A)Collecting rainwater for reuse
Which of the following is a common method to purify drinking wa
A)Boiling
C B) Leaving it out in the sun
C) Filtering through sand only
D) Mixing with salt
Answer: A)Boiling
|States Harvest name
Rajasthan Khadins
Bandharas
Maharashtra and tals
Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Bundhis
Pradesh
Ahars and
Bihar
Pynes
ponds in the Kandi belt |Jammu region
Eris Tamil Nadu
|Surangams |Kerala
|Kattas |Karnataka
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Biotic factors
Physical Chemical
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Vapour,
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Consumers
Sunlight Decomposers
Plants Animals
Microbes

Inorganic subtances |Organic subtances


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Nitrogen, Calcium, Carbohydrates Consumers Consumers Consuners
Iron, Potassium, Lipids
Sodiumn
Precipitation
Evaporation

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