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FRESH WATER DELIVERY

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Mougin relaunched project using simulations" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 3

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 5

2.

"Ibn ppl-no clean drinking water. Fresh water in glaciers & icebergs" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 3

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 5

3.

"Method vs expensive-est $11.5m to tow icebergs} approx 3X cost of desalination" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 7

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 5

4.

"Mougin-1975- plan to bring iceberg fr. N. Pole to Red Sea. Failed" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 3

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 5

5.

"1sr goal iceberg from Canada across Atlantic. Need right kind of iceberg, surround with skirt" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 3

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 6

6.

"Iceberg towing - old idea- 1800s. Isaac's plan-tow iceberg for dr. water in 1950s" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 3

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 6

7.

"French engineer - idea - drag icebergs to dry areas for dr. water" bests summarizes.....

a)

Paragraph 1

b)

Paragraph 2

c)

Paragraph 3

d)

Paragraph 4

e)

Paragraph 6

8.

Most of the water on Earth is......

a)

salt water

b)

fresh water

9.

The percentage of seawater on our planet is......

a)

69%

b)

97%

10.

The percentage of Earth's fresh water that is easy to access is......

a)

3%

b)

31%

11.

The fraction of Earth's frozen fresh water is more than......

a)

two thirds

b)

three quarters

12.

The amount it costs per person, per day, to desalinate water is......

a)

$0.90

b)

$0.30

13.

Wind power __________ in Persia over 1,000 years ago.

a)

concede

b)

desperate

c)

simulation

d)

forecast

e)

originated

14.

It was a __________ situation - there was hardly any water left.

a)

concede

b)

desperate

c)

simulation

d)

forecast

e)

originated

15.

When developing a new design, engineers often use a computer __________ to test whether it will work before building it.

a)

concede

b)

desperate

c)

simulation

d)

forecast

e)

originated

16.

Engineers sometimes have to __________ defeat when things don't work.

a)

concede

b)

desperate

c)

simulation

d)

forecast

e)

originated

17.

The company has __________ that it will sell four million bottles.

a)

concede

b)

desperate

c)

simulation

d)

forecast

e)

originated

18.

As a result of the flood, residents of the area were __________ of electricity, clean water, and fresh food for three weeks.

a)

deprived

b)

desperate

c)

simulation

d)

forecast

e)

originated