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What percentage of the human body is water? A) 40% B) 60% C) 70%

B) 60%

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

How much of the world's water is freshwater? A) 3% B) 9% C) 16% D) 25%

A) 3%

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

What percentage of the world's population lives in the driest half of the world? A) 30% B) 60% C) 85%

C) 85%

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

Access to safe drinking water is recognised by the UN as a basic human right. True or false?

True

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)

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 have died from drought since 1900? A) 3 million B) 8 million C) 11 million D) 15 million

C) 11 million

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 much of the world's fresh water is available to drink? A) 1% B) 25% C) 50% D) 85%

A) 1%

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 many children worldwide die each day from unsafe drinking water? A) 1,000 B) 2,000 C) 10,000

B) 2,000

How much of the world's surface is covered by water? A) 60% B) 80% C) 70% D) 75%

C) 70%