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Farmers pump out more groundwater than rain refills. What follows?Read the answer and worked solution →Over-pumping groundwater at the coast can cause what?Read the answer and worked solution →Once groundwater is contaminated, how long can natural renewal of it take?Read the answer and worked solution →Groundwater and rivers are linked. Heavy groundwater use can do what?Read the answer and worked solution →What force makes groundwater flow until it discharges into streams?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date is World Water Day celebrated every year?Read the answer and worked solution →Inventing a machine that does the same work using less water is best described as what?Read the answer and worked solution →Water conservation makes it possible to avoid which problem?Read the answer and worked solution →How does water conservation help wild animals?Read the answer and worked solution →A factory pollutes a lake. How are freshwater organisms affected?Read the answer and worked solution →Which can contaminate groundwater and spoil drinking water?Read the answer and worked solution →Which problem of a resource that is meant to be renewable pushes most people to save water?Read the answer and worked solution →Which organisation designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value?Read the answer and worked solution →Monuments, groups of buildings and archaeological sites make up which kind of heritage?Read the answer and worked solution →Habitats of threatened species of animals and plants fall under which kind of heritage?Read the answer and worked solution →The UNESCO World Heritage Convention was established in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →India accepted the World Heritage Convention, making its sites eligible for listing, in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these was among the first Indian sites to be listed, in the 1983 session?Read the answer and worked solution →The first Indian World Heritage Sites, such as Ajanta Caves and Agra Fort, were inscribed in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian site is listed for both cultural and natural properties?Read the answer and worked solution →Manas was listed as endangered from 1992 to 2011. What caused it?Read the answer and worked solution →Which danger put Hampi's monuments on the endangered list for 1999 to 2006?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian listed work is shared with six other countries?Read the answer and worked solution →A country must first place a site on which list before it can be nominated for the World Heritage List?Read the answer and worked solution →UNESCO criteria vii to x are used for which kind of heritage sites?Read the answer and worked solution →UNESCO lists sites under ten criteria. At least how many must each entry meet?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Farmers pump out more groundwater than rain refills. What follows?

  1. Wells run low
  2. Wells overflow
  3. Lakes get deeper
  4. Streams flow faster
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Correct answer: A. Wells run low

Excess pumping lowers groundwater levels, and if continued it can exhaust the resource.

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Over-pumping groundwater at the coast can cause what?

  1. Sea moving far away
  2. Wells turning sweeter
  3. Rivers freezing over
  4. Salt water in wells
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Correct answer: D. Salt water in wells

Over-pumping near the coast can pull in salt water, which contaminates the groundwater supply.

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Once groundwater is contaminated, how long can natural renewal of it take?

  1. A few minutes
  2. About an hour
  3. A single day
  4. Many years
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Correct answer: D. Many years

Contaminated groundwater can take years to replenish naturally, so prevention matters.

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