1. W T H N G E E C A A R L E
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2. What percentage of the earth is covered by water?
75% B
66% A
50%

3. CORRECT! 75% of the earth’s surface is covered in water.

4. What percentage of the earth’s water is fit for human use?
B. 10 %
C. 5 %

5. Only 3% of the earth’s water is fit for human use.
CORRECT!
Only 3% of the earth’s water is fit for human use.
About 97% of the water on earth is salt water. We can’t use most of the freshwater because it is out of our reach, locked into polar snow and ice.

6. How much of the human body is made of water?

7. CORRECT! The human body is made of nearly 70% water.

8. How many glasses of water should you drink everyday?12 8 2

9. 8 glasses is the recommended amount of water we should drink daily.
CORRECT!
8 glasses is the recommended amount of water we should drink daily.

10. About how long can a person survive without drinking anything?
A. 1 day
B. 1 week
C. 1 month

11. CORRECT!
Although a person can live without food for more than a month, a person can only live without water for about one week.

12. About how many people in the world do not have access to clean, safe drinking water?
A. 3.5 billion
B. 1.1 billion
C. 2.4 billion

13. CORRECT! Over 1.1 billion people do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. CAFOD is working with communities around the world to change this.

14. In the UK the average amount of water that people use every day is 104 litres. What is the average daily water use in Ethiopia?
595 litres
41 litres
5 litres

15. 5 litres 41 litres 595 litres CORRECT!
On average people in Ethiopia use about 5 litres of water a day. That’s less water than the average toilet flush at 9 ½ litres.
5 litres
The recommended basic water requirement per person
per day is 50 litres. That’s for drinking, cooking and keeping clean and healthy.
In Kenya the average water use per day is 41 litres and in the USA water usage is 595 litres!
41 litres
595 litres

16. What are the advantages of having a safe source of water?
Families are more healthy
B. Babies do not have diarrhoea
C. Food crops are watered

17. CORRECT. In fact, all of the answers are right
CORRECT! In fact, all of the answers are right. Clean water helps people to stay healthy.
And when people are healthy they can work, go to school and look after their crops and animals!
CAFOD is working to make sure everyone has access to clean, safe water.

18. Now you know how precious water is - take action!
Turn the tap off when you are cleaning your teeth.
Have showers instead of baths.
Tell someone else about this quiz.
Use water sensibly!

19. Photos by
Claire Kirk, Leticia Valverdes, Marcella Haddad, Caroline Irby, Ashenati Gudeta/EthiopiaLives.net
Sources
CAFOD July 2007