Alcantara, Rosemarie H.

3BSA5A

UNIT 10
How Human activites affect the Quality and Availability
of Water?

True or False. Read the sentences carefully and write T if the statement is correct, and write F if
the statement is incorrect. Please write your answers in CAPITAL LETTER for it to be
considered right.
__F___ 1. High concentrations of iron and increased acidity reduce species diversity and the
abundance of aquatic life in many lakes and streams.
__T___ 2. A number of forces continue to seriously affect our natural water resources. Many of
these are primarily the result of human actions and include ecosystem and landscape changes,
sedimentation, pollution, over-abstraction and climate change.
__T___ 3. Water quality comprises the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of a
water body.
__T___ 4. Wash your fruits and vegetables in running water instead of filling water in a basin.
__T___ 5. Water quality is affected by a wide range of animal influences.
__T___ 6. Changes that can occur to landscapes include: forest clearance, crop- or grazing lands
replacing grasslands or other natural terrestrial ecosystems, urbanization, wetlands removal or
reduction, new roadwork for transportation, and mining in quarries or large-scale open pits.
___T__ 7. The removal, destruction or impairment of natural ecosystems are among the greatest
causes of critical impacts on the sustainability of our natural water resources.
_T___ 8. When washing your hands, it is okay not to turn the water off while you lather.
_T___ 9. The composition of surface and underground waters is dependent on natural factors
(geological, topographical, meteorological, hydrological and biological) in the drainage
basin and varies with seasonal differences in runoff volumes, weather conditions and
water levels.
___T__ 10. Remember to periodically check your sprinkler system valves for leaks and keep
sprinkler heads in good shape.