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Grade-10
Easy
Question
Why is it important to protect and manage our water resources?
- To safeguard our resources from pollution
- To ensure availability of resources for all
- To protect our resources from climate change
- All of the above
Hint:
Water is the most important resource. We need water for almost everything.
The correct answer is: All of the above
- It is important to protect and manage our water resources- to safeguard our resources from pollution, to ensure availability of resources for all and to protect our resources from climate change.
- It protects us from health hazards as water quality is severely impacted by municipal solid waste, industrial wastewater, pesticide and fertilizer emissions.
- Continuation of human activities and prevention of environmental degradation.
- to ensure food security for the population.
- So, the correct option is d.
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