Water In South Africa

Question 1

Less than _____ percent of all the water on Earth is fresh water.

Answer 1

One

Question 2

Do people and animals need fresh water to live?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

People use water in their ____,____,_____.

Answer 3

Homes
Farms
Factories

Question 4

What do farmers use water for mostly?

Answer 4

Irrigation

Question 5

What else do farmers use water for besides irrigation?

Answer 5

Animals, cleaning and washing machines.

Question 6

How do homes use water?

Answer 6

Washing
Cleaning
Getting rid of sewage

Question 7

How to mines and industry use water?

Answer 7

Mines use water in processes for removing minerals from rocks.

Question 8

True or false

Trees don’t need water to grow well. And forest therefore use a lot of water.

Answer 8

False , they do.

Question 9

Irrigation means?

Answer 9

Watering crops.

Question 10

What is potable water?

Answer 10

Water which is safe for humans to drink.

Question 11

What is the average yearly rainfall for South Africa?

Answer 11

450mm

Question 12

What is the world’s yearly rainfall?

Answer 12

860mm

Question 13

How much of South Africa gets less than 200mm of rainfall per year?

Answer 13

21%

Question 14

What percentage of households have access to potable water?

Answer 14

88%

Question 15

What percentage of South Africa’s population don’t have access to clean water?

Answer 15

12%

Question 16

The demand of water could double by the year _____.*

Answer 16

2030

Question 17

True or False

South Africa is water scarce country.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

What does it mean if a country is water scare?

Answer 18

There is not enough water to meet all the needs of all the people in the country, especially as populations continue to grow.

Question 19

Many parts of South Africa are ___ for long periods of time. Whereas other places receive most of the year’s _____ in a few months, often as heavy __________.

Answer 19

Dry
Rainfall
Thunderstorms

Question 20

What are systems that are able to distribute and store water across the country?

Answer 20

Rivers, dams and pipes.

Question 21

At the moment South Africa only has enough water for its ____ Million people.

Answer 21

50

Question 22

What systems ensure that we have enough water?

Answer 22

Complex water cleaning and distributing systems and dams.

Question 23

If there weren’t any of these systems cleaning water for us and distributing water to us what would happen?

Answer 23

There wouldn’t be enough water to for all of us.

Question 24

South will double its present water needs by ____.

Answer 24

2030

Question 25

What do some people think is the only for South Africa to meet its further water needs?

Answer 25

By building more dams

Question 26

What are the disadvantages for building dams?

Answer 26

High costs | The effect they have on their land and river systems.

Question 27

What is evaporation?

Answer 27

The process where water changes into vapor (gas) because of the heat from the sun.

Question 28

What is a river catchment?

Answer 28

The area drained by one main river and all the rivers that flow into it.

Question 29

What does The River Health Program do?

Answer 29

It is an organization that works towards finding where and how river catchments have been damaged.

Question 30

All the activities that people do in a river catchment area can affect the ____ of water that ends up in the river.

Answer 30

Quality

Question 31

What is the biggest threat to our fresh water supply?

Answer 31

The pollution of our rivers.

Question 32

What are alien plants?

Answer 32

Plants that do not naturally occur in an area.

Question 33

What are indigenous plants?

Answer 33

Plants that naturally occur in an area.

Question 34

What does it mean to rehabilitate?

Answer 34

To fix or restore something to its natural state.

Question 35

Why has 50% of South Africa's wetland been destroyed?

Answer 35

Because of farming activities and growing cities.

Question 36

Wetlands form a part of river catchment areas and are often ____ in _____.

Answer 36

Covered in water.

Question 37

Why are wetlands important?

Answer 37

They act like big sponges and absorb extra water naturally, they also act like big sponges and absorb extra water in river systems after heavy rain. This how they help prevent floods.

Question 38

Some plants and animals can only _____ in wetlands. The more plants and animals there are the healthier the _____and ______ will be.

Answer 38

Survive River Wetland

Question 39

What is working for wetlands and when was it started?

Answer 39

In 2000 to help rehabilitate our damaged wetland.

Question 40

How many wetlands were rehabilitated in 2009?

Answer 40

95 across all nine provinces.

Question 41

We find wetlands in ___ parts of South Africa.

Answer 41

Many

Question 42

Where can wetlands occur?

Answer 42

Inland or near the ocean.

Question 43

Inland wetlands have _____ water. | Wetlands on the coast have ___ water.

Answer 43

Fresh | Salty

Question 44

Why are pesticides?

Answer 44

Poisonous chemicals used in plants to get rid of pests.

Question 45

What is a fertilizer?

Answer 45

Used in the soil to help plants grow more quickly.