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WorksheetsFRESH WATER DELIVERY
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
"Mougin relaunched project using simulations" bests summarizes.....
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"Ibn ppl-no clean drinking water. Fresh water in glaciers & icebergs" bests summarizes.....
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"Method vs expensive-est $11.5m to tow icebergs} approx 3X cost of desalination" bests summarizes.....
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"Mougin-1975- plan to bring iceberg fr. N. Pole to Red Sea. Failed" bests summarizes.....
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"1sr goal iceberg from Canada across Atlantic. Need right kind of iceberg, surround with skirt" bests summarizes.....
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"Iceberg towing - old idea- 1800s. Isaac's plan-tow iceberg for dr. water in 1950s" bests summarizes.....
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"French engineer - idea - drag icebergs to dry areas for dr. water" bests summarizes.....
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Most of the water on Earth is......
salt water
fresh water
The percentage of seawater on our planet is......
69%
97%
The percentage of Earth's fresh water that is easy to access is......
3%
31%
The fraction of Earth's frozen fresh water is more than......
two thirds
three quarters
The amount it costs per person, per day, to desalinate water is......
$0.90
$0.30
Wind power __________ in Persia over 1,000 years ago.
concede
desperate
simulation
forecast
originated
It was a __________ situation - there was hardly any water left.
concede
desperate
simulation
forecast
originated
When developing a new design, engineers often use a computer __________ to test whether it will work before building it.
concede
desperate
simulation
forecast
originated
Engineers sometimes have to __________ defeat when things don't work.
concede
desperate
simulation
forecast
originated
The company has __________ that it will sell four million bottles.
concede
desperate
simulation
forecast
originated
As a result of the flood, residents of the area were __________ of electricity, clean water, and fresh food for three weeks.
deprived
desperate
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forecast
originated
