THE WATER CYCLE AND WATER INSECURITY EXAM LATEST 2026
ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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How much of Australia is affected by drought per any one year? -
ANSWER-30%
How much agricultural output does the Murray-Darling basin
contribute to Australia? - ANSWER-50%
Which major drought event dried up the Murray-Darling basin? -
ANSWER-The 'Big Dry', 2006
How much did reservoir capacity in Australia fall by? - ANSWER-
40%
How much of Adelaide's drinking water is from the Murray river? -
ANSWER-40%
How much of Earth's surface do Wetland ecosystems cover? -
ANSWER-10%
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What are the functions if a wetland? - ANSWER-Temporary water
store, trap and recycle nutrients, support a diverse food web
Which major wetland in the Amazon suffered wildfires as a result
of drought? - ANSWER-The Pantanel
Which convention protected 1800 wetlands to conserve them? -
ANSWER-The 1991 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
What is the function of forests? - ANSWER-Water storage,
regulation of hydrological processes, timber production, habitat,
carbon sequestration and recreation
What did a 2000-2003 drought cause to trees in south west USA?
- ANSWER-A significant die off of Piñon pines. - 90% of trees died
in some areas
How much annual rainfall occurs in 100 days in areas affected by
monsoons? - ANSWER-70%
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How much rainfall can occur in some monsoon areas such as
Thailand? - ANSWER-1.5m
What did an unusually heavy 2015 Myanmar monsoon cause? -
ANSWER-103 deaths and affected over a million
How many homes did Storm Desmond cause power cuts to? -
ANSWER-43000
How many £ did the government put forward to make homes in
Cumbria and Lancashire more flood resistant? - ANSWER-£50
million
What is eutrophication? - ANSWER-Excessive richness of
nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff
from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and
death of animal life from lack of oxygen.