Water in the World Revision

Fresh water makes up what percent of the Earth's water?

The continent with the highest water consumption is ...

Replenished in a relatively short period of time.

Balancing social, economic and environmental needs for current and future generations.

What is not an economic value of water?

A layer of rock that can store significant quantities of water.

Which is not a factor that affects water availability?

There are how many types of catchments?

Which of the following is not a use for water?

The level at which under-rock strata are saturated by water.

Watch the video and select the correct order of events.

Which type of rainfall occurs when rain approaches a mountain?

What type of water value is demonstrated by this image?

What percentage of the Earth's wetlands have been lost since 1900?

Some water that falls to the ground soaks into the earth.

The daily atmospheric conditions of a place.

Which of the following is not a type of catchment?

The majority of the Earth's freshwater can be found in ...

What value of water is represented here?

Water is an environmental resource because it is ...

How many hours are spent looking for water each day?

Water is important for ...

Quantity of salt in the soil, land and air affecting biodiversity, agriculture, etc

What factors affect water availability?

Water stored beneath the Earth's surface.

What form of precipitation is evident in this picture?

How many people die from a lack of water every year?

Water evaporates from soil and water surfaces to form water vapour or gas.

The long-term weather pattern for a place or region.

Which is not a form of precipitation?

The area drained by a river and its tributaries.

Water scarcity is not affected by ...

The percentage of the Earth's salt water resources is ...

What is happening in this picture?

The continent with the lowest water consumption is ...

Sometimes this precipitation is taken up by plants and transpires back into the atmosphere.

What forms of water are demonstrated here?

Some water will flow over the surface of the ground.

Which type of rainfall does not occur in Australia?

Water found in estuaries, mangrove swamps, etc

What percentage of the Earth's water is trapped in glaciers?

Any moisture reaching the surface of the earth.

Water is valuable to?