what percentage of the earth is covered by water? a 50% b 66% c 75%
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What percentage of the earth is covered by water?
A50%
B66%
C75%
CORRECT!75% of the earth’s surface is
covered in water.
What percentage of the earth’s water is fit for human use?
A3%
B10%
C5%
CORRECT!
Only 3% of the earth’s water is fit
for human use.
About 97% of the water on earth is salt water.
We can’t use most of the freshwater because it is out of our reach, locked into polar snow and ice.
How much of the human body is made of water?
A10%
B50%
C70%
CORRECT!
The human body is made up of
nearly 70% water.
How many glasses of water should you drink a day?
A2
B8
C12
CORRECT!
8 glasses is the recommended
amount of water we should drink daily.
How long can a person survive without drinking anything?
A1 day
B1 week
C1 month
CORRECT!1 week.
Although a person can
live without food for
more than a month, a
person can only live
without water
for about one week.
About how many people in the world do not have access to clean
drinking water?
A200
million
B900
million
C700
million
Around 900 million
people do not have
access to safe, clean
drinking water. CAFOD
is working with
communities around
the world to help
change this.
CORRECT!900 million.
In the UK the average amount of water that people use every day is 104 litres.
What is the average daily water use in Ethiopia?
A5 litres
B41 litres
C595 litres
The recommended basic water requirement per person
per day is 50 litres. That’s for drinking, cooking and
keeping clean and healthy. In Kenya the average water
use per day is 41 litres and in the USA water usage
is 595 litres!
CORRECT!
5 litres. On average people in Ethiopia use about
5 litres of water a day. That’s less water than
the
average toilet flush at 9 litres.
What are the advantages of havinga safe source of water?
A. Families are more healthy
B. Babies do not have diarrhoea
C. Food crops are watered
And when people are
healthy they can
work, go to school
and look after their
crops and animals!
CAFOD is working to
make sure everyone
has access to clean
drinking water.
CORRECT!
In fact, all of the answers are right. Clean
water helps people to stay healthy.
Approximately, how many children die each year from diarrhoea caused by unclean water
and poor sanitation?
A1
million
B1.2
million
C1.4
million
This is a shocking figure. 1.4 million children
around the world die each year because they do
not have access to safe drinking water, or they
have poor sanitation.*
*Sanitation means things like toilets and sewage systems
which ensure our waste is hygienically flushed away.
CORRECT!
1.4 million children
Now you know the facts about water
TAKE ACTION!
• Tell somebody at home why access to clean water is so important to people living in poverty.
• Remind yourself how precious water is; turn off taps when brushing your teeth and have showers instead of baths.
• Support CAFOD to help families around the world have access to clean drinking water
Photos: Simon Rawles, Claire Kirk Illustrations: Per Jose Karlen
Sources: www.cafod.org.uk, www.endwaterpoverty.org.uk, www.wateraid.org.uk, www.dfid.gov.uk; Info collated August 2011