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Multiple choice biology natural resources and their conservation water resources and conservation receding water table water conservation and irrigation

What is the message you can get from the posters about the world water day?

  1. Save every drop of water

  2. You can save water

  3. Every drop counts

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

You can get the following messages from the posters about the world water day. Save every drop of water. You can save water. Every drop counts.

Multiple choice biology natural resources and their conservation water resources and conservation receding water table water conservation and irrigation

It is estimated that in a few years from now more than _________ of the people in the world could face water scarcity.

  1. one half

  2. one third

  3. one fourth

  4. one fifth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is estimated that in a few years from now more than one third of the people in the world could face water scarcity.

Multiple choice biology natural resources and their conservation water resources and conservation receding water table water conservation and irrigation

The amount of water recommended by the United Nations for drinking, washing, cooking and maintaining proper hygiene is a minimum of ........................ per person per day. This amount is about ................. buckets of water per person per day.

  1. 50 litres, two and a half

  2. 25 litres, two and a half

  3. 50 litres, one and a half

  4. 75 litres, three and a half
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The amount of water recommended by the United Nations for drinking, washing, cooking and maintaining proper hygiene is a minimum of 50 litres per person per day. This amount is about  two and a half buckets of water per person per day.

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Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given .
Which of the following is not a property of water that helps explain why water is so important to life on earth?

  1. Water expands when frozen

  2. Nonpolar compounds dissolve- well in water

  3. Water can absorb great quantities of heat with relatively-small increase in its temperature

  4. Water molecules attract each other
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Water is a polar solvent. Therefore, nonpolar compounds do not dissolve well in water. This is a property of water, but it is not a property that explains why water is important to life; rather, it is a limitation.