Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Section 2 - Water Use and Management
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Which of the following activities accounts for the greatest percentage of fresh
water used worldwide?
a. | drinking | b. | washing | c. | manufacturing | d. | irrigating
crops |
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Water treatment involves adding pathogens.
a. | adding pathogens. | b. | adding mercury. | c. | adding
chlorine. | d. | removing fluoride. |
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Water diversion projects may involve the movement of water to dry regions
using
a. | canals. | b. | dams. | c. | reservoirs. | d. | sprinklers. |
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Which of the following would be the best way for a desert farmer to reduce water
loss from evaporation and seepage and thus conserve water?
a. | dig deeper wells | b. | recycle cooling water and
wastewater | c. | install low-flow toilets | d. | install a drip irrigation
system |
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Industrial water use includes which of the following activities?
a. | irrigation | b. | power generation | c. | drinking | d. | car washing |
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Matching
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Section 2 - Water Use and Management
Choose the letter
of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | desalination | d. | reservoir | b. | potable | e. | irrigation | c. | pathogen |
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process of removing salt from salt water
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disease-causing organism
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safe to drink
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method of providing water to plants other than by precipitation
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10.
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artificial lake
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