Freshwater Scarcity Quiz

What percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?

• 50%

• 60%

• 71%

• 80%

Why can’t most of the water on Earth be used for drinking or growing crops?

• It is frozen in ice caps.

• It is polluted.

• It is salt water.

• It is underground.

Only 2.5% of the world’s water is fresh water in liquid form.

What percentage of the world’s fresh water is easily available to humans, plants, and animals?

• 10%

• 5%

• 1%

• 25%

How much of the world’s fresh water is used for agriculture?

• 70%

• 60%

• 22%

• 8%

What percentage of freshwater is used in people’s homes?

• 2%

• 8%

• 15%

• 22%

Explain why humans are described as “drinking the milkshake from start to finish.”

How many litres of water does it take to produce one cup of coffee?

• 24 litres

• 140 litres

• 1,400 litres

• 14,000 litres

How many litres of water are needed to produce 1 kilogram of beef?

• 1,440 litres

• 14,400 litres

• 24,000 litres

• 39,090 litres

Producing a new car requires approximately how many litres of water?

• 3,900 litres

• 39,090 litres

• 14,400 litres

• 24,000 litres