Conservation of water - class-V

Learn about water conservation, rainwater harvesting techniques, and understanding water scarcity for Class 5 students.

18 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How is water conserved when evaporation is reduced?

  1. Low temperature
  2. Low wind speed
  3. Both (A) and (B)
  4. High temperature
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is not a beneficial effect of water conservation?

  1. Reduction in water loss
  2. Reduction in water fall
  3. Reduction in waste of resources
  4. All of the above
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The component of rainwater harvesting system is

  1. Conduits
  2. Dam
  3. Lake
  4. None of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the types of rainwater harvesting method.

  1. Roof top
  2. Run off
  3. Dam
  4. Both A and B
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Water contains impurities during

  1. Evapo-transpiration
  2. Condensation
  3. Transpiration
  4. Filtration
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Water scarcity is caused due to:

  1. population growth
  2. water cycle
  3. non-melting of snow
  4. rain fall
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Under or non-availability of usable water is called:

  1. purification of water
  2. pollution of water
  3. rationing of water
  4. scarcity of water
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following techniques are used for rainwater harvesting?

  1. Rooftop rainwater harvesting
  2. Water is allowed to go into the ground directly from the roadside drains that collect rainwater.
  3. Both of the above
  4. None of the above
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why it is very important that water is used carefully?

  1. To avoid shortage of water.
  2. To save cost as water is expensive.
  3. Excess usage of water is not ethical.
  4. All of the above.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is rainwater harvesting?

  1. collecting, storing and distributing rainwater
  2. seeding in clouds
  3. distribution of stored water
  4. water supply
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is true about Rooftop rainwater harvesting?

  1. The rainwater is collected from the rooftop to a storage tank, through pipes.
  2. This water may contain soil from the roof and need filtering before it is used.
  3. Instead of collecting rainwater in the tank, the pipes can go directly into a pit in the ground.
  4. All of the above.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When rainwater percolates into the cracks of RCC, it further gets weakened due to the:

  1. formation of $H _2CO _3$
  2. increase in pH value
  3. increase in the percentage of free lime
  4. exothermic hydration process
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following situations is classified as suffering from water scarcity?
(a) Region with high annual rainfall.
(b) Region having high annual rainfall and large population.
(c) Region having high annual rainfall but water is highly polluted.
(d) Region having low rainfall and low population. 

  1. a and b
  2. a and d
  3. c and d
  4. b and c
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where can rain water harvesting not be practised?

  1. Playground
  2. Rooftops
  3. Bathroom
  4. Can be used in all of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where can Rain Water Harvesting be implemented?

  1. Homes
  2. Schools
  3. Any other space as long as there is a catchment area
  4. All of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following increase the rate of percolation of rain water into the soil?

  1. Constructing check dams
  2. Vegetation and trees
  3. Overgrazing
  4. All of the above
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rain water harvesting is a method employed to:

  1. stop soil erosion
  2. raise the water table
  3. increase afforestation
  4. decrease floods and droughts
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

"Catch it where it falls" is the basic idea behind :

  1. making dams to store water
  2. recycling of water
  3. rain water harvesting
  4. condensation of water vapour