The Basics of Fresh Water

Where do animals obtain the energy needed to live?

• food

• Gatorade

• earth

• sun

Besides food, what else do animals and most other living things need in order to survive? Select 3 below.

• water

• fresh water

• ocean water

• Dasani Bottled Water

• Vitamin Water

How much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

• 1/3

• 3/3

• 2/3

• 1/2

• 25%

What kind of water do humans need to live and to grow farm crops?

• water

• fresh water

• ocean water

• Dasani Bottled Water

• Vitamin Water

Most of the water on earth is what kind of water?

• salt water

• fresh water

Fresh water is found in which of the choices below?

• lakes

• rivers

• oceans and seas

• ponds

• streams and creeks

Which below is the best reason why we as humans cannot drink and survive on salt water?

• the taste is disgusting

• it will make you sick

• it is too polluted

• the human body cannot process that much salt

• you can survive on salt water in small amounts only

What percent of the Earth's total supply of water is salty?

• 100%

• 57%

• 97%

• 67%

• about 47%

Of all of the water on Earth what percent of the fresh water is actually available to us to use?

• less than 1%

• more than 10%

• about 25%

• between 30% and 40%

• more than 60%

Do the lakes shown here in the image contain fresh water or salt water?

• fresh water

• salt water