TASIR Workshop
Water Facts
1) Water
is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms, solid, liquid,
and gas.
*a. True
b. False
2) Water
regulates the earth’s temperature.
*a. True
b. False
3) Water
vaporizes at 212 degrees C.
a. True
*b. False
4) A
person can live a month without food.
*a. True
b. False
5) A person can live a month without water.
a. True
*b. False
6) Human
body is about 90% water.
a. True
*b. False
7) Earth’s
surface is about 80% water.
*a. True
b. False
8) A person
consumes 2.5 quarts of water per day (from all sources) to maintain good health.
*a. True
b. False
9) Of
all the earth’s water, 70% is ocean or seas.
a. True
*b. False
10) Only
2% of the world’s water is frozen and therefore unusable.
*a. True
b. False
11) Only
6-7% of the earth’s water is suitable for drinking water.
a. True
*b. False
12) An
individual uses 100 gallons of water daily (all uses).
*a. True
b. False
13) Using
National average, a person pays 5 cents for water on a daily basis.
a. True
*b. False
14) There
are 54,000 community public water systems in the United States.
*a. True
b. False
15) The US spends over $3.5 billion annually to operate the water systems throughout the country.
*a. True
b. False
16) The
first municipal water filtration works in the world opened in Paisley, Scotland in 1832.
*a. True
b. False
17) Of all
the nation’s community water supplies, only 30% are investor-owned.
a. True
*b. False
18) Only
13 million households in the US use private wells for their water supply.
*a. True
b. False
19) It
takes between 2-7 gallons of water to flush a toilet.
*a. True
b. False
20) One
gallon of water weigh 8.34 pounds.
*a. True
b. False
21) There are 7,000 gallons of water in one inch of rainfall.
*a. True
b. False
22) It
takes one gallon of water to process a quarter pound of hamburger.
*a. True
b. False
23) It takes more water to manufacture a new car, including tires, than to produce one ton of steel.
a. True
*b. False
24) A dairy cow needs to drink four gallons of water to produce one gallon of milk.
*a. True
b. False
25) Dihydrogen monoxide is a systematic name for water.
*a. True
b. False