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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?
51%
61%
71%
81%
Water can exist in three different states.
True
False
How much of the Earth’s water is actually saltwater rather than fresh water?
67%
77%
87%
97%
The average person in the UK uses 150 litres of water a day. On average how do they use 30 per cent of that?
Drinking
Flushing the toilet
Washing
Washing clothes
What proportion of the world’s fresh water is held as groundwater?
10%
15%
20%
25%
How many water companies are there in England and Wales?
28
32
36
40
More than 800 million people in the world need to travel and queue for how long to secure safe water supplies?
10 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
60 minutes
Which country currently has the highest level of water scarcity in the world?
Congo
Papua New Guinea
Uganda
Eritrea
Over 250,000 children a year die from diseases caused by drinking dirty water.
False
True
In many parts of the world water demand already exceeds supply. How is this called?
Water unavailability
Water scarcity
Water problem
Whatever
In which African country was this picture taken?
Kenya
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Mozambique
How many hours per day does this girl spend finding and collecting water?
4
6
8
10
How is water shared around the world?
Equally
Unevenly
Evenly
Accordingly
How many litres of water does the average person use?
100
125
150
175
What percentage of the population in Eritrea has basic access to water?
9%
19%
29%
39%
