Question

State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, give the correct statement.
(a) Plants contribute in the water cycle through the process called evaporation.
(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.

Answer 1

(a) False: Plants contribute in the water cycle through the process called transpiration.
(b) False: 71% of earth's surface is covered with water. Almost all the water on the earth is contained in the seas, 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- solid, liquid and gaseous or vapour. Snow and ice are the solid forms of water.