GK about Water

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Here is 50 GK (General knowledge) about Water.


1. Q: What is the chemical formula for water?

   A: The chemical formula for water is H2O.


2. Q: What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

   A: About 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water.


3. Q: What is the name of the process by which water changes from liquid to vapor?

   A: The process is called evaporation.


4. Q: What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?

   A: The freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius.


5. Q: What is the boiling point of water in Celsius?

   A: The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius.


6. Q: Which type of water is found underground and can be extracted through wells or springs?

   A: Groundwater.


7. Q: What is the largest ocean on Earth?

   A: The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.


8. Q: What is the name of the process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves?

   A: Transpiration.


9. Q: What is the term for water in its gaseous state?

   A: Water vapor.


10. Q: What is the process by which water vapor turns back into liquid water forming clouds?

    A: Condensation.


11. Q: What is the name of the water body that surrounds Antarctica?

    A: The Southern Ocean.


12. Q: What is the name of the boundary that separates two bodies of water with different salinity levels?

    A: A halocline.


13. Q: What is the process of purifying water to make it safe for consumption called?

    A: Water filtration or purification.


14. Q: What is the name of the phenomenon where water moves upward in narrow tubes against gravity?

    A: Capillary action.


15. Q: Which layer of the Earth's atmosphere contains most of the Earth's water vapor?

    A: The troposphere.


16. Q: What is the name of the process of converting seawater into freshwater by removing salt?

    A: Desalination.


17. Q: What is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area?

    A: Lake Superior.


18. Q: What is the name of the process by which water moves from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back?

    A: The water cycle or hydrological cycle.


19. Q: What is the name of the largest river in the world by discharge volume?

    A: The Amazon River.


20. Q: What is the name of the process by which water moves from the roots of plants to their leaves?

    A: Capillary action or transpiration.


21. Q: What is the term for the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface?

    A: The water cycle or hydrological cycle.


22. Q: What is the process by which water moves downward through the soil?

    A: Infiltration.


23. Q: What is the name of the process by which water in the atmosphere falls to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

    A: Precipitation.


24. Q: What is the name of the point on the Earth's surface directly above the source of an earthquake?

    A: The epicenter.


25. Q: What is the name of the process by which liquid water changes into water vapor?

    A: Evaporation.


26. Q: What is the name of the layer of rock or soil that water cannot pass through?

    A: Impermeable layer.


27. Q: What is the term for the body of water where a river meets the ocean?

    A: Estuary.


28. Q: What is the name of the process by which water seeps through the ground and becomes part of the groundwater?

    A: Infiltration.


29. Q: What is the name of the underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

    A: Aquifer.


30. Q: What is the name of the process by which plants absorb water through their roots?

    A: Osmosis.


31. Q: What is the world's longest river?

    A: The Nile River.


32. Q: What is the term for the gradual increase in the salinity of seawater over time?

    A: Salinization.


33. Q: What is the name of the process by which liquid water turns into solid ice?

    A: Freezing.


34. Q: What is the name of the process by which water droplets in clouds combine and grow larger, eventually falling as precipitation?

    A: Coalescence.


35. Q: What is the name of the large circular ocean current found in the Atlantic Ocean?

    A: The Gulf Stream.


36. Q: What is the term for the process of water seeping out of the leaves of plants?

    A: Guttation.


37. Q: What is the name of the boundary that separates two bodies of water with different temperatures?

    A: A thermocline.


38. Q: What is the name of the process by which water moves from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere through plant leaves?

    A: Transpiration.


39. Q: What is the process by which liquid water turns into water vapor without reaching its boiling point?

    A: Sublimation.


40. Q: What is the name of the process by which water vapor changes back into liquid water?

    A: Condensation.


41. Q: What is the term for the sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that causes seismic waves?

    A: An earthquake.


42. Q: What is the name of the process by which liquid water changes into water vapor and rises into the atmosphere?

    A: Evaporation.


43. Q: What is the name of the large ice sheet covering much of Antarctica?

    A: The Antarctic Ice Sheet.


44. Q: What is the term for the process of converting sunlight into usable energy, often using solar panels?

    A: Solar energy conversion.


45. Q: What is the name of the process by which water in the atmosphere falls to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

    A: Precipitation.


46. Q: What is the name of the process by which water seeps through the ground and becomes part of the groundwater?

    A: Infiltration.


47. Q: What is the name of the underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

    A: Aquifer.


48. Q: What is the name of the process by which plants absorb water through their roots?

    A: Osmosis.


49. Q: What is the world's longest river?

    A: The Nile River.


50. Q: What is the term for the gradual increase in the salinity of seawater over time?

    A: Salinization.

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