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How much of the world's surface is covered by water? A) 60% B) 80% C) 70% D) 75%
C) 70%
How many children worldwide die each day from unsafe drinking water? A) 1,000 B) 2,000 C) 10,000
B) 2,000
How many hours a year, in total, do women in sub-Saharan Africa spend collecting water? A) 5,000 B) 28,000 C) 18 million D) 40 billion
D) 40 billion
How much of the world's fresh water is available to drink? A) 1% B) 25% C) 50% D) 85%
A) 1%
According to the UN, how many litres of water, on average, does it take to produce one person's daily food? A) 10-15 litres B)100-150 litres C) 500-1,000 litres D) 1,000-5,000 litres
D) 1,000-5,000 litres
How many people have died from drought since 1900? A) 3 million B) 8 million C) 11 million D) 15 million
C) 11 million
How long can a human being survive without water? A) 36 hours B) 3 days C) a week D) a month
C) a week
How many people worldwide lack access to safe, readily available water? A) 2 billion B) 500 million C) 100 million D) 50 million
A) 2 billion (that's one in three people)
Access to safe drinking water is recognised by the UN as a basic human right. True or false?
True
How many litres of water does the average person in the UK use per day? A) 40 B) 80 C) 140 D) 200
C) 140 litres
What percentage of the world's population lives in the driest half of the world? A) 30% B) 60% C) 85%
C) 85%
How much water is required to produce 1 kilo of rice? A) 500 litres B) 1,000 litres C) 2,500 litres
C) 2,500 litres
How much of the world's water is freshwater? A) 3% B) 9% C) 16% D) 25%
A) 3%
How much would sea levels rise if all of the ice in the world melted? A) 4 metres B) 10 metres C) 35 metres D) 70 metres
D) 70 metres
What percentage of the human body is water? A) 40% B) 60% C) 70%
B) 60%
