Desalination

The world is covered by __________ water.

• 90%

• 80%

• 70%

• 60%

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What per cent of the world's water is fresh water?

• 1%

• 2%

• 5%

• 10%

The most valuable resource in the world today is:

• natural gas

• wind

• oil

• water

The average person in the UAE uses:

• 300- 350 litres of water per day

• 400 -550 litres of water per day

• 600 -750 litres of water per day

• 100- 250 litres of water per day

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The average amount of water used by one person around the world every day is:

• 170-300 litres

• 400-550 litres

• 600-750 litres

• less than 100 litres

Most countries in the Middle East have little rain fall so they use:

• spring water

• wadi water

• desalinated water

• wells

The method of removing salt and other minerals from sea water is:

• dehydration

• desalination

• destruction

• desert

Around the world there are over 15,000 _________________ plants.

• dehydration

• nuclear

• desalination

• solar energy

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The biggest desalination plants around the world are in:

• Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

• the UAE and Oman

• Korea

• the UAE and Saudi Arabia

The first desalination plant was built in:

• Abu Dhabi in the 1960s

• Dubai in the 1960s

• Abu Dhabi in the 1990s

• Dubai in the 1990s