Water Facts
These bodies of water cover 97% of our Earth.
What are oceans?
In America, 40% of these bodies of water are considered unhealthy for swimming, fishing, or aquatic life.
What are rivers?
Humans can get diseases such as hepatitis and cholera from this polluted source.
What is polluted water?
Name one source of clean water that UNICEF focuses on obtaining.
What is a well, tap, or hand-pump?
Water is made up of Hydrogen and this element.
What is oxygen?
According to the WHO and UNICEF, approximately 894 million globally don’t have access to this.
What is clean water?
This disrupts the natural food chain.
What is pollution?
Name the issue that will increase the threat to water quality, particularly where water is scarce or in regions that are prone to natural disasters.
What is climate change?
This country collectively drinks about 110 million gallons of water a day.
What is the United States?
80% of this environmental problem is due to domestic sewage.
What is water pollution?
Many animals have been driven to this by pollution.
What is extinction?
Name two steps in obtaining clean water that UNICEF seeks to protect.
What are water sources, treatment, transportation, storage, or handling.
The human body is made up of this percent of water.
What is 70%?
This country has the 10 most polluted rivers.
What is Canada?
These dump more than 250,000 gallons of wastewater every day.
What are cruise ships?
The UNICEF WASH program stands for this.
What is Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
About this many million people worldwide drink contaminated water.
What is 700 million?
More than a million of these animals are brought close to this status each year by eating plastic.
What are seabirds and sea mammals?
UNICEF aims to protect the 1 in __ people globally who still lack access to safe drinking water.
What is 4?