Sources of Freshwater

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What are the two major types of water?

Q.

What is groundwater? What are the sources of water which are fed by groundwater?

Q. What kind of water is obtained through tube wells and hand pumps?

1. Ground water
2. Surface water
3. Sea water
4. Waste water

Q. Which of the following are the sources of freshwater?

1. Lakes
2. Rivers
3. Streams
4. Oceans

Q. Which of the following is used to draw water from the draw-wells?

1. Mug
2. Small pot (pohra)
3. Tube
4. Pump

Q.

The amount of world's freshwater in polar ice caps and glaciers is about _______ .

1. $15$ %

2. $40$ %

3. $70$ %

4. $90$ %

Q. Water taken directly from a river or reservoir is safe to drink.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Identify the water body shown in this image.

1. Pond
2. River
3. Lake
4. Ocean

Q. Draw wells were dug to obtain drinking water in ancient times.

1. True
2. False

Q. Which of the following is used to draw deep-seated ground water?

1. Electric pumps
2. Panpoi
3. Tank
4. Pohra

Q.

A camel's natural habitat is the desert. They get water from ___ to survive in the extreme conditions.

Q.

Which One Of The Following Is Not The Characteristic Feature Of The Harappan Settlement?

1. Houses Generally Had Separate Bathing Areas And Toilets

2. he Citadel Was Walled But The Lower Towns Were Not Walled.

3. Drains And Water Chutes From The Second Storey Were Often Built Inside The Wall.

4. Doorways And Windows Generally Faced The Side Lanes And Rarely Opened Into The Main Streets.

Q.

What do we use to extract out the groundwater?

1. Pipes

2. Buckets

3. Washers

4. Handpumps

Q.

All plants and animal bodies contain____________or more of water .

Q. ________ seeps into the pores of the soil or through the cracks in the rocks.

1. Water in oasis
2. Groundwater
3. Fresh water
4. Salt water

Q.

Which of these water sources contain freshwater ?

1. Polar ice caps

2. Underground water

3. Rivers and lakes

4. All of these

Q.

___water is found in rivers, lakes, glaciers and ponds.

Q.

Why Sea water is saline ?

Q. _____ water is taken out using pumps and wells.

1. Surface
2. Sea
3. River
4. Underground