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WorksheetsClean Water
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Place the following in order, from broadest to most specific. A) Potable water; B)Fresh water; C) Fresh water; C) Earth's water
A, B, C
C, B, A
B, C, A
B, A, C
Where does desalinated water originally come from ?
Glaciers
Underground aquifers
The Ocean
Lakes and rivers
What does the word desalination mean?
The process of removing pollution from the water
The process of removing the salt from sea water
Conserving water
Preventing chemicals from entering the water
As the water crisis gets worse, which of the following does NOT increase?
The number of water consumers
The demand for water
The supply of clean water
The price of water
What can you infer from the fact that most Americans have indoor plumbing, while many African villagers do not?
Americans need more water than Africans
African villages get daily shipments of bottled water
American cities are closer to fresh water sources than African villages
Americans have more money to spend on water transport
70% of the earth's surface is made up of water - so why is there a "water crisis?"
Only 3% is fresh water.
The population is growing, so the need of fresh water is growing too.
Not everyone has easy access to fresh water.
All of the above
What is one of the chief aims of water conservation?
Preventing all natural minerals from entering the water supply
Finding more people to use the existing water supply
Creating and filtering more usable saltwater
Reducing the amount of fresh water we all use
Purification techniques show that water pollution isn't necessarily irrevocable. What does "irrevocable" mean?
Temporary
Permanent
Fixable
Salvageable
In general, people in urban areas are more likely than people in rural areas to have access to water and sanitation facilities.
True
False
Improving community health is almost impossible without safe drinking water.
True
False
This group is most susceptible to waterborne diseases.
Women
Men
Children
Give me two examples of how dirty water keeps people in poverty.
(a)
Sickness caused by dirty water saps people's energy.
True
False
Diseases like typhoid fever and cholera have been eradicated. (People don't get these disease anymore.)
True
False
Why does relieving hunger in Africa begin with access to clean water?
Vegetables are hard to grow without clean water
Farming animals need water to grow and stay alive
It take water to produce foods
Preparing many foods requires water
All of the above
