Population and Resources Fill in the blanks Set 02

Population and Resources

Fill in the blanks Set 02

1.The ....................... population puts a lot of pressure on the available resources like land and water.
Ans: increased
 
2. By 2025, ...................... billion people will be affected by serve water scarcity.
Ans: Five
 
3. ...................... affects a large number of people living in 110 countries.
Ans: Desertification
 
4. In the developing countries 95% of the sewage is let into ........................
Ans: rivers
 
5. The first Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-1A was launched in ...............
Ans: 1988
 
6. Population pressure in the ........................ puts a greater strain on global resources.
Ans: developed countries
 
7. Freshwater constitutes barely ................. of the water vailable on Earth’s surface.
Ans: 0.03%
 
8. India has only ...................... of Earth’s water.
Ans: 4%
 
9. India has .......................... of Earth’s population. 
Ans: 20%
 
10. There is a decline in the availability of ................... fuels.
Ans: fossil
 
11. The remote sensing information helps countries to plan for a ................... future.
Ans: sustainable