Water

Question 1

What percent of our planet is covered in water?

Answer 1

71%

Question 2

What percent of the world’s population experiences extreme water shortages for at least a month a year?

Answer 2

51%

Question 3

What percent of our planet contains salt water?

Answer 3

97%

Question 4

How much percent of our planet contains drinking water?

Answer 4

1%

Question 5

Non-renewable meaning

Answer 5

natural resources

Question 6

renewable meaning

Answer 6

resources that can be replenished/ renewed over time

Question 7

Why is water not equally available to everyone?

Answer 7

it depends on:

the climate
the price of water
pollution
size of population
seasonal changes
different geology
different levels of wealth

Question 8

Why do we use water?

Answer 8

to shower
to drink
to wash clothes
to flush toilets
to wash dishes
to make food

Question 9

How many litres does the UK use a day?

Answer 9

150l

Question 10

Why does Ethiopia not have as much water as other countries?

Answer 10

They don’t have access to clean water

They have to walk for miles to collect dirty water which is heavy meaning they can only carry so much.

Question 11

Tanneries meaning

Answer 11

where they make leather

Question 12

How many people live in areas of water scarcity?

Answer 12

1.26 billion

Question 13

How much has water consumption increase over the last 100 years?

Answer 13

It has increase by 6 times.

Question 14

How much water is used to make a kilo of beef?

Answer 14

15,500l

Question 15

What ways can be used to tackle the water issue?

Answer 15

Dams, Rainwater harvesters, desalination,

Question 16

What are the positives and negatives of using dams?

Answer 16

It is more sustainable, water can be stored, jobs created,

uses a lot of energy and space, expensive, damages the eco-systems

Question 17

What are the positives and negatives of using rainwater harvesters?

Answer 17

cheap, small, people don’t have to travel long distances

it may not rain, takes up space, no back up if you run out

Question 18

What are the positives and negatives of using desalination?

Answer 18

creates fresh water, doesn’t disrupt the environment,

expensive, ugly, uses up a lot of energy, the water tastes bad, contributes o the greenhouse effect,