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 available for 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 billion people) 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 is comprised 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 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

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 billion people) 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 is comprised 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