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Oceans bingoRead the answer and worked solution →About what share of the earth's surface is covered with water?Read the answer and worked solution →Water is called a renewable resource because all of it moves within the:Read the answer and worked solution →By 2025, nearly how many people are predicted to live in absolute water scarcity?Read the answer and worked solution →The largest consumer of water is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hydroelectric power contributes about what share of India's total electricity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which first-century BC site near Allahabad had a water harvesting system channelling Ganga flood water?Read the answer and worked solution →The tank at Hauz Khas, Delhi, built in the 14th century to supply Siri Fort, was constructed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bhakra-Nangal project, used for hydel power and irrigation, lies in which river basin?Read the answer and worked solution →The Hirakud project, integrating water conservation with flood control, is in the basin of the:Read the answer and worked solution →Who proclaimed dams to be the temples of modern India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which river is known as the river of sorrow in the Bhadu songs of its valley?Read the answer and worked solution →The Narmada Bachao Andolan opposed which dam being built across the Narmada in Gujarat?Read the answer and worked solution →The Krishna-Godavari dispute concerns diversion of water at Koyna by which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Guls or kuls are diversion channels for agriculture built in the:Read the answer and worked solution →In the flood plains of Bengal, people developed which structures to irrigate their fields?Read the answer and worked solution →Khadins, fields turned into rain-fed storage structures, are found in:Read the answer and worked solution →Underground tankas for storing drinking water were traditional in Bikaner, Phalodi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Rainwater stored in the tankas of western Rajasthan is locally called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop rainwater harvesting is the most common practice in which state capital, despite record rainfall 55 km away?Read the answer and worked solution →Rooftop harvesting is declining in western Rajasthan because of water from the perennial:Read the answer and worked solution →Gendathur, a village famed for rooftop rainwater harvesting in nearly 200 households, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Each house in Gendathur can collect and use about how much rainwater annually?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the traditional harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the big damsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the riversRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the water wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Dam or harvestingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort by regionRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →

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Oceans bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Earth, rich in water.
    Item
    Blue Planet
  2. Clue
    Steep end of the shelf.
    Item
    Shelf break
  3. Clue
    Flat-topped seamount.
    Item
    Guyot
  4. Clue
    Coral ring round a lagoon.
    Item
    Atoll
  5. Clue
    Rapid temperature drop zone.
    Item
    Thermocline
  6. Clue
    Sharp salinity rise zone.
    Item
    Halocline
  7. Clue
    Volcanic peak under the sea.
    Item
    Seamount
  8. Clue
    Best known submarine canyon.
    Item
    Hudson
  9. Clue
    Water up to 24.7 ppt.
    Item
    Brackish
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 13, Water (Oceans)._

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About what share of the earth's surface is covered with water?

  1. Three-fourth
  2. One-fourth
  3. One-half
  4. Two-third
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Correct answer: A. Three-fourth

1. Only a small part of it is usable freshwater. 2. Three-fourth of the surface is water. 3. Freshwater comes from run off and groundwater. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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Water is called a renewable resource because all of it moves within the:

  1. Rock formation cycle
  2. Hydrological cycle
  3. Carbon dioxide cycle
  4. Nitrogen gas cycle
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Correct answer: B. Hydrological cycle

1. Surface run off and groundwater are recharged. 2. The hydrological cycle renews water. 3. Scarcity still occurs from over-use. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 3, Water Resources._

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