Water as a Resource Quiz

A renewable resource is a natural resource that is replaced over...

• A long period of time.

• Eons

• A short period of time

• Decades

Water can exist in three different states of matter: liquid, solid and ___. 

__________ is the use of water to grow crops and farm land.

The choropleth map uses colour to show the amounts of rainfall in Australia. The places with the highest rainfall are coloured what?

• purple

• blue

• green

• yellow

The state that receives the LEAST annual rainfall is:

• Perth

• Western Australia

• South Australia

• New South Wales

Precipitation can come in many forms, for example:

• Rain, snow and dust.

• Rain, hail and snow.

• Rocks, hail and snow.

• Air, water and wind.

How much of the earth's surface water is salt?

• 67.5%

• 77.5%

• 87.5%

• 97.5%

Examples of potential water resources include?

• Ice and lakes

• Ice and glaciers

• Water vapour and rivers

• Rivers and lakes

Potential water resource is water that

• Is easily and immediately available

• usable immediately, but could be used when it has undergone some kind of change.

How many people have no access to clean water?

• 300 million

• 400 million

• Over 600 million

• 500 million