Chapter-5 [Water]
1. The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere, and land
a) Water cycle
b) Tides
c) Ocean currents
d) rock cycle
Answer. a. Water cycle.
Water cycle: The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere, and land.
2. Generally the warm ocean currents originate near
a) Poles
b) the Equator
c) None of these
d) near Himalayas
Answer. b; the Equator.
Generally, warm ocean currents originate near the equator because the equator gets higher insolation as compared to higher latitude.
3. The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice a day is called
a) Tide
b) Ocean current
c) Wave
d) Tsunamis
Answer. a. Tide
Tide is the rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice a day.
4. Match the following.
i) the Caspian Sea a) the Largest lake
ii) Tide b) Periodic rise and fall of water
iii) Tsunami; c) Strong seismic waves.
iv) Ocean currents. d) Streams of water moving in definite paths.
Answer.
i-a;
ii-b;
iii-c;
iv-d;
Areas, wise Caspian Sea is the largest inland lake in the world. Basin countries of the Caspian sea are:
- Russia
- Kazakhstan
- Turkmenistan
- Iran
- Azerbaijan
5. Artificial enclosure for keeping small house plants is called?
a) Ecosystem
b) Ponds
c) House
d) Terrarium
Answer. d) Terrarium
6. The process by which water continually changes its form and circulates between oceans, atmosphere, and land is known as?
a) Ocean circulation
b) Water circulation
c) Water cycle
d) Atmospheric circulation
Answer. c) Water cycle
7. the amount of salt in grams present in 1000 grams of water is called?
a) Average salinity
b) Salinity
c) Absolute salinity
d) None
Answer. b) Salinity
8. What is the average salinity ( in parts per thousand) of the ocean?
a) 33
b) 34
c) 35
d) 36
Answer. c) 35
9. Most of the dissolved salt in the ocean is?
a) Sodium chloride
b) Potassium chloride
c) Magnesium chloride
d) All of the above
Answer. a) Sodium chloride
10. Where is the orange river located?
a) China
b) South Africa
c) Australia
d) Canada
Answer. b) South Africa
11. Dead sea is located in which of the following country?
a) Turkey
b) Israel
c) Lebanon
d) Iraq
Answer. b) Israel;
12. What is the average salinity of the dead sea?
a) 340 grams per liter
b) 350 grams per liter
c) 355 grams per liter
d) 360 grams per liter
Answer. a) 340 grams per liter
13. Which of the following is the largest source of freshwater?
a) Ice-caps
b) Ground Water
c) Fresh Water Lakes
d) Atmosphere
Answer. a) Ice-caps; Ice-caps( 2 %)> Groundwater(0.68) > Freshwater lakes(0.009)> Atmosphere(0.0019 )> river
14. World Water Day is celebrated on which day?
a) 5 June
b) 5 March
c) 22 June
d) 22 March
Answer. d) 22 March
15. Which of the following is not a way of the movement of ocean water?
a) Waves
b) Tides
c) Currents
d) Precipitation
Answer. d) precipitation
16. When the water on the surface of the ocean rises and falls alternately, what they are called?
a) Waves
b) Tides
c) Current
d) Tsunami
Answer. a) Waves
17. Which of the following is not true?
a) The largest tsunami ever measured was 150m. high
b) The tsunami of 2004 caused widespread damage in the coastal areas of India.
c) The Indira Point in the Andaman and Nicobar islands got emerged after the tsunami
d) Huge tidal wave is known as Tsunami.
Answer. c) The Indira Point in the Andaman and Nicobar islands got emerged( submerged) after the tsunami.
18. Which of the following is also called a harbor wave?
a) Neap tide
b) Currents
c) Tsunamis
d) Huge wave
Answer. c) Tsunamis.
19. Which of the following is not true?
a) Tsunamis can be predicted and can give 3 hours advance notice.
b) Travel speed of tsunami wave increases with decreasing the depth of water.
c) Tsunamis wavelength decreased with decreasing depth of water.
d) Tsunamis are rare in the Indian Ocean as the seismic activity is less as compared to the Pacific.
Answer. b) Travel speed of tsunamis wave increases (decreases) with decreasing the depth of water.
20. The rhythmic rise and fall of ocean water twice in a day are called a?
a) Wave
b) Tides
c) Currents
d) Tsunamis
Answer. b) Tides
21. During the full moon and new moon days, the sun, the moon, and the earth are in the same line and
the tides are highest. These tides are called?
a) Neap tides
b) Spring Tides
c) Super tides
d) Red tides
Answer. b) Spring Tides
22. When the moon is in its first and last quarter, the ocean waters get drawn in diagonally opposite directions by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon resulting in low tides. These tides are called?
a) Neap tides
b) Spring Tides
c) Super tides
d) Red tides
Answer. a) Neap tides
23. Streams of water flowing constantly on the ocean surface in definite directions is called?
a) Wave
b) Tides
c) Currents
d) Tsunamis
Answer. c) Currents
24. Which of the following is not the current of the Pacific ocean?
a) Alaska Current
b) California's Current
c) Humboldt's current
d) Labrador's current
Answer. d) Labrador's current in the Atlantic ocean.
25. Which of the following is not the current of the Pacific ocean?
a) Oyashio's Current
b) Kuroshio's Current
c) Peru's current
d) Agulhas current
Answer. d) Agulhas current is in the Indian ocean.
26. Which of the following is not the current of the Atlantic ocean?
a) Labrador's current
b) Gulf Streams
c) Alaska's current
d) Falkland current
Answer. c) Alaska's current
27. Which of the following is not the current of the Atlantic ocean?
a) Labrador's current
b) Canary's Current
c) Benguela's Current
d) Humboldt's current
Answer. d) Humboldt's current in the Pacific ocean.
28. Which of the following is a warm current?
a) Alaska Current
b) Labrador Current
c) Humboldt's current
d) Peru's current
Answer. a) Alaska Current
29. Which of the following is a cold current?
a) California's current
b) Gulf stream
c) Kurushio's current
d) Agulhas current
Answer. a) California's current
30. Which of the following is a warm current?
a) Oyashio's current
b) Kurushio's current
c) West Australia current
d) Falkland current
Answer. b) Kurushio's current
31. Which of the following is the largest lake in the world?
a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Victoria
Answer. a) Caspian sea
32. Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area?
a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Victoria
Answer. b) Lake Superior
33. Which of the following is the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of water volume?
a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Victoria
Answer. c) Lake Baikal
34. Which of the following is the largest lake in Africa?
a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Victoria
Answer. d) Lake Victoria; Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya.
35. Which of the following lake is in Russia?
a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Victoria
Answer. c) Lake Baikal
36. Which of the following lake is in North America?
a) Caspian sea
b) Lake Superior
c) Lake Baikal
d) Lake Victoria
Answer. b) Lake Superior
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