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Hydrosphere

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much of the Earth’s surface is covered with water?

a)

51%

b)

61%

c)

71%

d)

81%

2.

Water can exist in three different states.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How much of the Earth’s water is actually saltwater rather than fresh water?

a)

67%

b)

77%

c)

87%

d)

97%

4.

The average person in the UK uses 150 litres of water a day. On average how do they use 30 per cent of that?

a)

Drinking

b)

Flushing the toilet

c)

Washing

d)

Washing clothes

5.

What proportion of the world’s fresh water is held as groundwater?

a)

10%

b)

15%

c)

20%

d)

25%

6.

How many water companies are there in England and Wales?

a)

28

b)

32

c)

36

d)

40

7.

More than 800 million people in the world need to travel and queue for how long to secure safe water supplies?

a)

10 minutes

b)

20 minutes

c)

30 minutes

d)

60 minutes

8.

Which country currently has the highest level of water scarcity in the world?

a)

Congo

b)

Papua New Guinea

c)

Uganda

d)

Eritrea

9.

Over 250,000 children a year die from diseases caused by drinking dirty water.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

In many parts of the world water demand already exceeds supply. How is this called?

a)

Water unavailability

b)

Water scarcity

c)

Water problem

d)

Whatever

11.

In which African country was this picture taken?

a)

Kenya

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Eritrea

d)

Mozambique

12.

How many hours per day does this girl spend finding and collecting water?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

13.

How is water shared around the world?

a)

Equally

b)

Unevenly

c)

Evenly

d)

Accordingly

14.

How many litres of water does the average person use?

a)

100

b)

125

c)

150

d)

175

15.

What percentage of the population in Eritrea has basic access to water?

a)

9%

b)

19%

c)

29%

d)

39%