What is the source of water in wells?
Important Questions on Water: A Precious Resource
State whether the following statement is true or false. If false, give the correct statement.
of the earth’s surface is covered with water.
Year was observed as the International Year of Freshwater.
Fill in the blanks and complete the story, selecting words from the box given here.
[Cold, demand, leaders, dry, hot, scarcity, workers, wet, oceans, harvesting, rivers]
Rajasthan is a _____ and dry place. The challenge of natural _____ of water was met by a successful experiment. A band of social _____ had transformed a _____ area into a green place. They have revived five dried-up _____ by constructing water _____ structures.
Place the following statements in a proper order to form a meaningful paragraph.
(a) Which in turn decreases the seepage of rainwater into the ground.
(b) This decreases the open areas like park and playgrounds.
(c) Increasing population creates demand for the construction of houses, shops, offices, roads and pavements.
(d) This results in depletion of the water table and creates scarcity of more water.
