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

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

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

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 billion people) Developed by Jessica C. Levine

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

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

5. What percentage of the adult human body is comprised of water? a. 10%; b. 20%; c %; d % Developed by Jessica C. Levine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The answers Developed by Jessica C. Levine

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

1. What percent of the Earth’s water is available for 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

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 billion people) Developed by Jessica C. Levine

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

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

5. What percentage of the adult human body is comprised of water? a. 10%; b. 20%; c %; d % Developed by Jessica C. Levine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Developed by Jessica C. Levine