Water in South Africa

Question 1

What do we use water for

Answer 1

To bath
To drink
For washing machines
To do hand washing
To brush your teeth
To flush the toilet
To cook
To boil water

Question 2

What other uses are there for water

Answer 2

Farmers use water to help their crops grow
Power stations use water to make electricity
We use water for fun
Factories use water as part of making things
Mines use water to keep drilling machines cool
We use water in our gardens

Question 3

What type of water does oceans and seas have

Answer 3

Salt water

Question 4

What type of water does rivers and lakes have

Answer 4

Fresh water

Question 5

What is most water on earth

Answer 5

Salt Water

Question 6

Can animals and people drink salt water

Answer 6

No

Question 7

What do fresh water not have

Answer 7

Salt

Question 8

What will salt water do to plants on land

Answer 8

It will kill most of them

Question 9

Where does salt from saltwater come from

Answer 9

It comes from rocks

Question 10

Where do we find fresh water

Answer 10

In dams, lakes. streams and rivers

Question 11

Who need fresh water to live

Answer 11

People, land and animals

Question 12

What are dams

Answer 12

Artificial lakes made by people

Question 13

What is fresh water

Answer 13

Water that people and animals can drink

Question 14

What is a lake

Answer 14

An area of fresh water on the land

Question 15

What is an ocean

Answer 15

Large areas of salt water

Question 16

What is a resource

Answer 16

Something that we need and use

Question 17

What is salt water

Answer 17

Water in the oceans and seas

Question 18

What is a sea

Answer 18

Small area of salt water

Question 19

What is a stream

Answer 19

Small rivers

Question 20

How does all the water on earth come to us

Answer 20

Through the natural water cycle

Question 21

What is the natural water cycle

Answer 21

The sun heats the ocean
Then the air rises it is cool
The water comes out of the air and makes clouds
Clouds release water as rain
Some water goes into the ground
Rain water collects in streams and rivers
Water flows back into the ocean.

Question 22

What are wetlands

Answer 22

Natural wet areas usually next to streams and rivers

Question 23

Where do we find fresh water

Answer 23

Under the ground

Question 24

Where does fresh water also come from

Answer 24

From rain

Question 25

Why do people store water

Answer 25

To use later

Question 26

In what ways can people store water

Answer 26

``` In pots and plastic containers Farm dams and windmills Water tanks A dam wall Water bottles Water Towers ```

Question 27

Why is dams important to store water

Answer 27

Dams store water so that people and animals can have water when there is no rain

Question 28

What do windmills do

Answer 28

They pump water from under the ground

Question 29

What dam supplies water to people in settlements and is over 2km long

Answer 29

The Nandoni Dam on the Luvuvhu River

Question 30

What are the ways people get water

Answer 30

50 out of 100 people have a tap in their home 20 out of 100 people have a tap in their yard 15 out of 100 people use a public tap 10 out of 100 people use borehole water 5 out of 100 people get water from a river Less than 1 person gets water from a truck

Question 31

What is a borehole

Answer 31

a deep hole that people dig to get water from under the ground

Question 32

What are public taps

Answer 32

Outside taps in a settlement that many people use,

Question 33

Where do every 5 out of 100 people get their water from in South Africa

Answer 33

A Spring A Stream A River

Question 34

What is a spring

Answer 34

The place where water comes out of the ground

Question 35

What is a stream

Answer 35

A small channel of water that flows into a river

Question 36

What is a river

Answer 36

A natural channel containing running water

Question 37

What happens to some of our rainwater

Answer 37

It soaks into the ground

Question 38

What do people dig to find water underground

Answer 38

Wells and boreholes

Question 39

What is a well

Answer 39

It is a hole in the ground that people dig to get water

Question 40

What is a borehole

Answer 40

It is a hole people dig in the ground to get water. It is deeper than a well

Question 41

What do people need to drill boreholes

Answer 41

They need machines

Question 42

How do we get water out of a borehole

Answer 42

We use pumps

Question 43

How do people get water out of a well

Answer 43

They lower buckets into the well to get water underground

Question 44

What do water trucks do

Answer 44

They deliver water to areas that cannot get water from rivers, taps or boreholes

Question 45

What is the process of getting water from taps

Answer 45

Water in rivers and dams are not always clean. Water that comes from taps is purified to make it safe to drink. Water is cleaned at purification works

Question 46

What does purification mean

Answer 46

A system of pipes and tanks where water is

Question 47

What does purified mean

Answer 47

It means to be made clean.

Question 48

How many people in South Africa get their water from taps

Answer 48

85 of 100 people

Question 49

What happens if people don't have taps in their homes

Answer 49

The South african government provide public taps

Question 50

What is the rules of the South African government about public taps

Answer 50

It must be less than 200 meters from all homes

Question 51

What do we call dirty water

Answer 51

We call it polluted water

Question 52

What are chemicals

Answer 52

Substances and poisons people use

Question 53

What does pollute mean

Answer 53

To make dirty

Question 54

What does it mean when something is polluted

Answer 54

It is dirty and full of germs

Question 55

What is waste

Answer 55

Something that people cannot use, such as dirty water

Question 56

How do commercial farmers pollute water

Answer 56

They put lots of chemicals on their fields. Rain washes the chemicals from the fields into rivers

Question 57

How do factories and mines pollute water

Answer 57

They produce a lot of waste. Some of this waste contains chemicals and poisons. The chemicals and poisons get into our water.

Question 58

What is waste water

Answer 58

Waste water is dirty. Drains take waste water from our bathrooms to the sewers.

Question 59

What are pipes called that take the waste water away from our settlements

Answer 59

Sewers

Question 60

Where do the sewers take the waste water

Answer 60

To the sewer works

Question 61

What happens at the sewer works

Answer 61

Water is cleaned and goes back into rivers

Question 62

What is recycling

Answer 62

The process of cleaning water and using it again.