The world water crisis

The world water crisis

Preparation

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary.

Multiple Choice

really surprising, shocking

• teeming with

• staggering

• diarrhea

• countless

• to lack

Multiple Choice

to not have (or not have enough of) something

• teeming with

• staggering

• diarrhea

• countless

• to lack

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systems to take away sewage and keep water clean

• teeming with

• sanitation

• diarrhea

• countless

• to lack

Multiple Choice

large areas of ice that move very slowly

• teeming with

• sanitation

• diarrhea

• countless

• glaciers

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completely full of something (especially life and activity)

• teeming with

• sanitation

• diarrhea

• countless

• glaciers

Multiple Choice

too many to count

• teeming with

• sanitation

• diarrhea

• countless

• glaciers

Multiple Choice

a condition that occurs when the body does not have enough water

• teeming with

• sanitation

• diarrhea

• dehydration

• glaciers

Multiple Choice

an illness that makes you pass waste from your body very often and in liquid, not solid, form

• teeming with

• sanitation

• diarrhea

• dehydration

• glaciers

Water, The World Water Crisis

Watch the video and answer the questions. Pay particular attention to all the numbers, statistics, and percentages mentioned in the video.

1. Check your understanding: multiple choice 

Multiple Choice

1. All living things …

• are 60% water.

• contain water.

• need to drink.

Multiple Choice

2. 97% of the water on Earth is …

• frozen

• drinking water.

• salt water.

Multiple Choice

3. One out of eight people …

• has to search for fresh water every day.

• has no toilet.

• dies from a lack of clean water.

Multiple Choice

4. Many women have to …

• has to search for fresh water every day.

• go days without water.

• walk a long way to get polluted water.

Multiple Choice

5. This time could be used …

• at school, work, or planting and building.

• looking after sick children.

• finding better water.

Multiple Choice

6. A child dies from a water-related illness …

• every 20 seconds.

• every 20 minutes.

• every 20 hours.

2. Check your understanding: gap fill 

Fill in the Blank

1. The human body is up to _______________ % water.

Fill in the Blank

2. _______________ % of the Earth is covered with water.

Fill in the Blank

3. _______________ % of the water on Earth is salt water.

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4. _______________ % of the water on Earth is frozen in glaciers and ice caps.

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5. Only _______________ % of the water on Earth is fresh water.

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7. One out of every _______________ people on Earth searches every day for fresh water.

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8. A human can only survive _______________ days without water.

Discussion

Open Ended

Did you like the video? Did you learn anything new? What was it?

Open Ended

What can people do to prevent this situation?