IB ESS Topic 4.2 Freshwater access

Access to adequate freshwater is...

• adequate worldwide

• unevenly distributed through the world

• available to all marine organisms

• evenly distributed through the world

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Demand for freshwater is increasing, which if these factors IS NOT causing this increase?

• industrialisation

• fishing technology advancement

• human population increase

• irrigation of agriculture

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Agriculture uses a large amount of water, but which crop uses the most water to produce 1 kg of food?

• wheat

• rice

• beef

• chicken

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

How much of all the water on Earth can be used by humans?

• 78%

• 12%

• 7%

• 1%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water security is...

• the safe water being available to some of the population

• the capacity of a population to safeguard sustainable access to adequate quantities of safe water for life

• having water supplies available without conflict

• the capacity of a population to supply themselves with adequate water economically and politically to be able to develop

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Potable water is water which is safe to drink, which of the following would NOT make the water unsafe?

• bacteria

• impurities

• sewage

• phytoplankton

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which of these social effects would NOT be directly improved if water scarcity was reduced in poor communities?

• education of females

• death rates

• birth rates

• disease

Irrigated farming accounts for how much freshwater use globally?

• 90%

• 70%

• 50%

• 30%

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which if these physical factors do NOT influence water supplies?

• precipitation patterns

• condensation temperatures

• evapotranspiration rates

• groundwater supplies and access

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of these human factors does NOT influence water supplies?

• civil water and conflicts

• urban / rural distribution of populations

• the majority environmental viewpoint of the population

• degree of water contamination as a consequence of infrastructure