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Water Day 2021

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which room in your house accounts for over half of all water used?

a)

The kitchen

b)

The bathroom

c)

The bedroom

d)

The laundry room

2.

A small faucet drip can waste about how many gallons of water per day?

a)

5 gallons

b)

10 gallons

c)

20 gallons

d)

50 gallons

3.

How much water is needed to produce one orange?

a)

1 cup

b)

10 gallons

c)

25 gallons

d)

45 gallons

4.

How long can a person live without water?

a)

Two hours

b)

Three days

c)

Two weeks

d)

One month

5.

Where is most of the fresh water located on Earth?

a)

Lakes & Dams

b)

Rivers & Streams

c)

Glaciers & Ice caps

d)

In People & Animals

6.

Water is made of two elements- what are they?

a)

Hydrogen & Oxygen

b)

Oxygen & Carbon

c)

Hydrogen & Helium

d)

Carbon & Nitrogen

7.

Where can you find water?

a)

In the air

b)

On Earth's surface

c)

In the ground

d)

All of the above

8.

Is there more water or land on planet Earth?

a)

Water

b)

Land

c)

They are equal

d)

We don't know

9.

How many gallons of water are on Earth?

a)

326 million gallons (326,000,000)

b)

326 billion gallons (326,000,000,000)

c)

326 trillion gallons (326,000,000,000,000)

d)

326 million trillion gallons (326,000,000,000,000,000,000)

10.

Which of these does water directly regulate on Earth?

a)

Earth's temperature

b)

Earth's seasons

c)

Tectonic movement

d)

The carbon cycle

11.

One spilled gallon of gasoline can contaminate how many gallons of water?

a)

75 gallons

b)

750 gallons

c)

75,000 gallons

d)

750,000 gallons

12.

As of 2019, how many people live without safe drinking water?

a)

505 million

b)

1.6 billion

c)

2.2 billion

d)

4.3 billion

13.

Which is cheaper, a 99¢ half liter bottle of water OR 870 liters of tap water?

a)

The water bottle

b)

The tap water

c)

They cost the same

d)

No way of knowing

14.

How many rivers either cross or distinguish international political boundaries?

a)

263 rivers

b)

178 rivers

c)

92 rivers

d)

No rivers

15.

About how many conflicts have erupted over water resources?

a)

100-200

b)

500-700

c)

900-1,000

d)

1,200-1,400

16.

What is the biggest user of fresh water in West Virginia?

a)

Electric production

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Agriculture

d)

Drinking Supply

17.

_________ is a water borne disease.

a)

Corona

b)

Typhoid

c)

Allergy

18.

What percentage of the Earth is covered with water?

a)

71%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

90%

19.

What percentage of ALL WATER on Earth is saltwater?

a)

20%

b)

3%

c)

97%

d)

84%

20.

When is celebrated as World Water Day ?

a)

June 5

b)

June 21

c)

April 24

d)

March 22

21.
Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?
a)
lakes
b)
glaciers
c)
oceans
d)
rivers
22.

Water that is stored in pores, soil, sediments and rocks is known as_____________?

a)

salt water

b)

freshwater

c)

soil water

d)

groundwater

23.

What are the two main problems with water?

a)

overuse and pollution

b)

frozen and too salty to drink

c)

too many fish and pollution

d)

color and taste

24.
Most of the frozen water on Earth is located...?
a)
in Greenland
b)
In the North/South Poles
c)
The Arctic Ocean
d)
Iceland
25.
Most of the USEABLE fresh water on earth is found in
a)
lakes
b)
Oceans
c)
rivers
d)
wells
26.
The largest ocean is
a)
Pacific
b)
Atlantic
c)
Indian
d)
Arcrtic
27.
The deepest ocean (where the Challenger Deep canyon is located) is
a)
Pacific
b)
Indian
c)
Atlantic
d)
Artic
28.
The largest lake on Earth is
a)
Lake Michigan
b)
The Red Sea
c)
Lake Victoria
d)
The Caspian Sea
29.
The longest river in the world is
a)
The Mississippi
b)
The Amazon
c)
The Nile
d)
The Yellow River
30.
How many lakes on Earth?
a)
50 million
b)
117 million
c)
20 million
d)
1 million