Question 14
State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, give the correct statement.
(a) The process of water seeping into the ground is called filtration.
(b) 51% of the earth’s surface is covered with water.
(c) Year 2003 was observed as the International Year of Freshwater.
(d) Snow and ice both are solid forms of water.
Question 14
State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, give the correct statement.
(a) The process of water seeping into the ground is called filtration.
(b) 51% of the earth’s surface is covered with water.
(c) Year 2003 was observed as the International Year of Freshwater.
(d) Snow and ice both are solid forms of water.
(a) False: The process of water seeping into the ground is called infiltration. The groundwater thus gets recharged by this process.
(b) False: 71% of earth's surface is covered with water. Almost all the water on the earth is contained in the seas and oceans, rivers, lakes, ice caps, groundwater and in the atmosphere.
(c) True: Year 2003 was observed as the International Year of Freshwater to make people aware of the diminishing natural resource, water.
(d) True: Water exists in three forms, they are solid, liquid and gas or vapour. Snow and ice are solid forms of water.
(a) False: The process of water seeping into the ground is called infiltration. The groundwater thus gets recharged by this process.
(b) False: 71% of earth's surface is covered with water. Almost all the water on the earth is contained in the seas and oceans, rivers, lakes, ice caps, groundwater and in the atmosphere.
(c) True: Year 2003 was observed as the International Year of Freshwater to make people aware of the diminishing natural resource, water.
(d) True: Water exists in three forms, they are solid, liquid and gas or vapour. Snow and ice are solid forms of water.
