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