Lesson Y8-U06-L03

Water: Too Much, Too Little, Too Dirty Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 12

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U06-L03, Water: Too Much, Too Little, Too Dirty: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 12: Year 8: Resources: Feeding and Powering the World, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes having reliable access to enough safe, clean water?

    • Water security
    • Water scarcity
    • Water stress
    • Water pollution

  2. What is it called when water demand exceeds safe available supply?

    • Water security
    • Monsoon flood
    • Water surplus
    • Water stress

  3. What term describes not having enough water to meet everyone's needs?

    • Water scarcity
    • Water security
    • Water treatment
    • Water surplus

  4. What is water contamination?

    • Heavy rainfall
    • Natural evaporation
    • Unsafe chemical pollution
    • Frozen ice caps

  5. About how many litres of water per person per day does a UK home use?

    • About 14 litres
    • About 140 litres
    • About 14,000 litres
    • About 1,400 litres

  6. Roughly how many litres per person per day may a water-stressed area have?

    • About 100 litres
    • About 140 litres
    • Over 500 litres
    • Under 20 litres

  7. Which scenario represents a 'too little' water problem?

    • Severe drought
    • Burst pipe
    • Sewage leak
    • Monsoon flood

  8. Which scenario represents a 'too much' water problem?

    • Monsoon flood
    • Severe drought
    • Chemical spill
    • Dried well

  9. Which scenario represents a 'too dirty' water problem?

    • Dry riverbed
    • Heavy rainfall
    • Sewage in supply
    • Empty reservoir

  10. On a water-stress map, what does darker shading usually show?

    • Lower stress
    • More rainfall
    • Higher stress
    • Cleanest rivers

  11. Which region typically experiences the highest levels of water stress globally?

    • Southeast Asia
    • Middle East
    • Amazon Basin
    • Northern Europe

  12. Which region is usually shaded lightest, showing low water stress?

    • Northern Europe
    • North Africa
    • The Sahel
    • The Middle East

  13. Which term describes reliable access to safe and clean water?

    • Aquifer storage
    • Water stress
    • Hydraulic power
    • Water security

  14. What is the primary cause of water stress in fast-growing urban areas?

    • Demand exceeds supply
    • Lack of sanitation pipes
    • Excessive heavy rainfall
    • Too many rivers nearby

  15. How is Saudi Arabia typically shaded on a global water-stress map?

    • Dark shade
    • Light shade
    • Dotted pattern
    • Unshaded

  16. Why might a country experience water stress despite receiving regular rainfall?

    • Lack of ocean access
    • Too many desalination plants
    • Water is too cold
    • High demand outstrips supply

  17. How can severe river flooding make local water supplies unsafe to drink?

    • Removing all nutrients
    • Spreading sewage into supplies
    • Adding too much salt
    • Freezing the water table

  18. Which water-borne disease spreads through unsafe drinking water?

    • Scurvy
    • Asthma
    • Cholera
    • Malaria

  19. What are the two primary drivers of growing global water insecurity?

    • Excessive conservation efforts
    • Decreasing global population
    • Too many freshwater lakes
    • Rising demand and pollution

  20. Which phrase completes the water threat triad: too much, too little, and ...?

    • too dirty
    • too deep
    • too warm
    • too salty

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