Question : In places, the groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table. This is known as ______.
Option 1: a well
Option 2: an aquifer
Option 3: a lake
Option 4: a pond
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Correct Answer: an aquifer
Solution : The correct answer is an aquifer.
An aquifer is an underground layer of porous rock or sediment that stores and retains groundwater levels in the soil. These are the huge storehouses of water. Aquifers are used for commercial, industrial and agricultural drinking water supply.
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Question : When a stone is thrown into the calm water of a pond, the waves produced on the surface of the water in the pond are:
Option 1: Longitudinal
Option 2: Transverse
Option 3: Both longitudinal and transverse
Option 4: Waves are not produced
Question : The energy that can harness heat stored below the earth's surface is known as:
Option 1: thermal energy
Option 2: nuclear energy
Option 3: tidal energy
Option 4: geothermal energy
Question : The largest freshwater lake in India is :
Option 1: Dal lake
Option 2: Bhimtal lake
Option 3: Wular lake
Option 4: Nainital lake
Question : Breaking down of rock in situ is known as
Option 1: erosion
Option 2: weathering
Option 3: mass wasting
Option 4: degrading
Question : The stagnant water at the bottom of a lake is called.
Option 1: Epilimnion
Option 2: Mesolimnion
Option 3: Metalimnion
Option 4: Hypolimnion
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