QUIZ 1: Water Scarcity

71% of the Earth's surface is __________.

• water

• land

• ice

• desert

Around 50% of the world's population experiences extreme water __________ for 1 month a year.

• pollution

• abundance

• scarcity

• surplus

The water cycle is the reason the Earth can't run out of water as water is always __________, never lost.

• evaporated

• recycled

• condensed

• frozen

The problem is not having enough water, it is having __________ to it.

• access

• control

• restriction

• limitation

Earth's water is 97% __________ water.

• salt

• fresh

• mineral

• distilled

Of the 3% of freshwater, 1% is trapped in __________ (water's solid form).

• lakes

• clouds

• rivers

• ice

Rivers, lakes, underground aquifers, ground ice, and permafrost are the __________ of Earth's fresh water.

• sources

• destinations

• evaporators

• pollutants

The problem of water scarcity is that people are using the water __________ than __________ can refill the sources.

• slower, nature

• faster, rain

• more, rivers

• less, lakes

The average person uses __________ litres of water each day.

• 3000

• 1500

• 500

• 100

The industry that uses 92% of our freshwater is __________ (farming).

• agriculture

• manufacturing

• technology

• mining