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WORLD’S WATER TRIVIA

WORLD’S WATER TRIVIA. Write your answers in your science journal. 1. What percent of the Earth’s water is available for people to use?. A. less than 1% B. 5% C. 10% D. 20%. 2. What percentage of people in the world lack access to safe drinking water?. a.15%; b. 25%; c. 35%;

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WORLD’S WATER TRIVIA

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  1. WORLD’S WATER TRIVIA Write your answers in your science journal. Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  2. 1. What percent of the Earth’s water is availablefor people to use? • A. less than 1% • B. 5% • C. 10% • D. 20% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  3. 2. What percentage of people in the world lack access to safe drinking water? • a.15%; • b. 25%; • c. 35%; • d. 45% (or 1.5 billionpeople) Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  4. 3. What is the total amount of water (in gallons) consumed per day by the average person in the U.S.? • a. 55; • b.150; • c.750; • d.1,300 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  5. 4. About how many gallons/day are needed to sustain life (including the minimum water needed to produce the food we consume)? • a. 5; • b. 13; • c. 21; • d. 33 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  6. 5. What percentage of the adult human body iscomprised of water? • a. 10%; • b. 20%; • c. 50-65%; • d. 75-80% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  7. 6. What activity accounts for the highest water use worldwide? • agriculture, • industry, • or domestic? Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  8. 7. What percent of his/her income does the average U.S. citizen spend on drinking water? • a. 0.5%; • b. 2%; • c. 10%; • d. 25% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  9. 8. What percent of his/her income does the average Honduran living in the slums of that country’s capital city spend on drinking water? • a. 0.5%; • b. 2%; • c. 10%; • d. 25% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  10. 11. Approximately how many people in developing countries die each year from water-related disease? • a. 100; • b. 1,000; • c. 10,000; • d. 10,000,000 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  11. 12. How many gallons of water does it take to produce 1 pound of corn? • a. 68; • b. 168; • c. 568; • d. 1268 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  12. 13. How much water does it take to produce 1 pound a beef? • a. 40; • b. 400; • c. 4,000; • d. 40,000 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  13. 14. Name 3 sources of fresh water. Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  14. The answers Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  15. But first, a demonstration! Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  16. 1. What percent of the Earth’s water is availablefor people to use? • A. less than 1%; 97% is salty, 3% is fresh (with 2% frozen, and thus less than 1% available) • B. 5% • C. 10% • D. 20% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  17. 2. What percentage of people in the world lack access to safe drinking water? • a.15%; • b. 25%; • c. 35%; • d. 45% (or 1.5 billionpeople) Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  18. 3. What is the total amount of water (in gallons) consumed per day by the average person in the U.S.? • a. 55; • b.150; • c.750; • d.1,300, did you know it takes 36 gallons to fill a tub? Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  19. 4. About how many gallons/day are needed to sustain life (including the minimum water needed to produce the food we consume)? • a. 5; • b. 13; • c. 21; • d. 33 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  20. 5. What percentage of the adult human body iscomprised of water? • a. 10%; • b. 20%; • c. 50-65%; • d. 75-80% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  21. 6. What activity accounts for the highest water use worldwide? • agriculture, 65-70% • industry, 20-25% • or domestic? 13% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  22. 7. What percent of his/her income does the average U.S. citizen spend on drinking water? • a. 0.5%; • b. 2%; • c. 10%; • d. 25% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  23. 8. What percent of his/her income does the average Honduran living in the slums of that country’s capital city spend on drinking water? • a. 0.5%; • b. 2%; • c. 10%; • d. 25% Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  24. 11. Approximately how many people in developing countries die each year from water-related disease? • a. 100; • b. 1,000; • c. 10,000; • d. 10,000,000(over 25,000 people every day!) Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  25. 12. How many gallons of water does it take to produce 1 pound of corn? • a. 68; • b. 168; • c. 568; • d. 1268 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  26. 13. How much water does it take to produce 1 pound a beef? • a. 40; • b. 400; • c. 4,000; • d. 40,000 Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  27. 14. Name 3 sources of fresh water. • Melting snow • Aquifers • Groundwater • Rain water • Icebergs • Desalinization of salt water Developed by Jessica C. Levine

  28. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Developed by Jessica C. Levine

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