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WorksheetsExplained - the water crisis quiz
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What major city is likely to be the first in the world to run out of water?
London
Dar Es Salaam
Paris
Cape Town
What does the video mean when it refers to the concept of a "day zero"?
An idea for a new day of the month
The day on which a city will run out of water
The first day of recorded history
The day when the world will finally have clean water for all
97% of water on Earth is...
frozen
dirty
salty
fresh
Around 90% of humans live within (a) kilometers of a fresh water source.
Which one of these uses the most water?
Humans drinking water
Humans using water for cooking, cleaning, bathing, etc.
Food
Which of these requires the most water to make?
A salad
A bottle of Coca Cola
Alfalfa sprouts
A beef hamburger
In general, who suffers the most from water shortages?
Business owners
The police
The poor
Cows
What is the biggest problem surrounding desalination (the process of removing salt from ocean water to make it drinkable)?
It takes a lot of energy
It tastes horrible
It kills fish
We might drain the oceans entirely
In the end, how did Cape Town push back its day 0?
They started charging more for water
The opened a desalination plant
They gave everyone free water filters
People came together to conserve water
