Review the key concepts, formulae, and examples before starting your quiz.
🔑Concepts
Water is a vital natural resource essential for the survival of all living organisms, covering about of the Earth's surface.
The distribution of water on Earth is uneven: approximately is saline water (oceans/seas) and only is fresh water.
The Water Cycle is the continuous circulation of water involving processes like evaporation, transpiration, condensation, and precipitation.
Evaporation: The process of conversion of liquid water into water vapor (gas) due to the heat of the Sun.
Transpiration: The process by which plants lose water in the form of vapor through the stomata in their leaves.
Condensation: The process where water vapor cools down and changes back into liquid water droplets, leading to the formation of clouds.
Precipitation: The falling of water on Earth in the form of rain, snow, or hail.
Groundwater: Water that seeps into the ground and occupies the spaces between rocks and soil, accessible via wells and hand-pumps.
Rainwater Harvesting: A technique to collect and store rainwater for future use, thereby recharging the table.
📐Formulae
💡Examples
Problem 1:
A village consumes liters of water for domestic use and liters for agriculture daily. What is the total daily water consumption?
Solution:
Explanation:
To find the total consumption, we add the domestic usage and the agricultural usage: .
Problem 2:
A reservoir has a capacity of liters. If liters are used during a drought, how much water remains? (Use vertical arithmetic)
Solution:
Explanation:
By subtracting the volume of water used from the total capacity using vertical subtraction, we find that liters remain in the reservoir.
Problem 3:
If bucket of water is approximately liters and a person wastes buckets daily while brushing with the tap running, how much water is wasted in the month of June ( days)?
Solution:
Explanation:
Daily waste = liters. Monthly waste = liters.