Water: Natural Resource
Trending Questions
Q.
How much of the Earths surface is covered with water?
Q. Why is water essential for life?
- All cellular process need water as a medium
- Most of the substances are transported in our body in dissolved form
- Most of the living forms present on earth are aquatic
- Water is essential to maintain body temperature for terrestrial beings
Q. The hydrosphere covers ___% of the earth's surface.
- 99
- 62
- 75
- 50
Q. When water absorbs heat from the sun, it ___ to form water vapour.
- evaporates
- boils
- settles
- condenses
Q.
The total water present on earth is called as 'hydrosphere'. It includes:
- Ocean water
- Glaciers
- Rivers
- Ponds
Q.
What is the percentage of water in the human body?
80-90%
50%
100%
60-70%
Q. The gaseous form of water is present as:
- Moisture
- Vapour
- Ice
- Drinking water
Q. What are the three forms that water can exist in?
- Solid
- Liquid
- Gaseous
- Plasma
Q.
Most of the water on the Earth's surface is found in
oceans and seas
underground sources
rivers
glaciers
Q. Arrange the following in decreasing percentage of freshwater contained in them:
groundwater, glaciers, rivers, atmosphere
groundwater, glaciers, rivers, atmosphere
groundwater, glaciers, rivers, atmosphere
- glaciers, rivers, groundwater, atmosphere
- rivers, groundwater, atmosphere, glaciers
- atmosphere, groundwater, glaciers, rivers
Q.
Glaciers and ice sheets present on poles of earth contain the solid form of water. True or False?
- True
- False