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The Hydrosphere: Water Resources
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40 CIE IGCSE Environmental Management questions on The Hydrosphere: Water Resources, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Where is the greatest share of the Earth's fresh water held?

  1. Frozen in ice caps and glaciers
  2. In rivers and lakes
  3. As water vapour in the atmosphere
  4. In living organisms
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✓ Answer: A — Frozen in ice caps and glaciers
Award 1 mark. This is why the fresh water actually available for human use is a very small share of the total.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is an aquifer?

  1. A pipeline carrying water to a city
  2. A body of permeable rock able to hold and transmit useful quantities of groundwater
  3. A reservoir behind a dam
  4. A channel dug to irrigate fields
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✓ Answer: B — A body of permeable rock able to hold and transmit useful quantities of groundwater
Award 1 mark. Sandstone and limestone make good aquifers, while clay does not.
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