World Water
What did Mina Guli attempt to do to raise awareness for world water conservation?
100 Marathons in 100 days
What is the longest river in the world?
Amazon
What is potable water?
Water that is safe to drink
What is Earth's fresh drinking water percentage?
2.5-3%
What is the second longest river in the world?
Nile
What is water scarcity?
Lack of or difficulty obtaining usable water
__ % of fresh water is frozen in glaciers and ice caps
68.9% (Will accept any answer from 65-70%)
List 4 of the world's major rivers
Miss A will decide
List 2 pros and 2 cons of distributing the lifestraw to third world countries
Pros: Access to clean water, relatively cheap, small and portable, etc...
Cons: Only lasts a few years, expensive shipping, sharing could be unhygienic, etc...
What percentage of earth is water
75%
What was the estimated time frame for the building of the three gorges dam to be complete?
17 years
When soil can't hold the water anymore and it runs off back to the ocean
What is run-off
List two major diseases due to the lack of freshwater
diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, typhoid
Why are most water statistics estimates?
The amount of water in the world is so vast, there is no way to accurately measure it's amount. Estimates are the closest we can get.
Why do people take pilgrimages to the Ganges River?
Hindu people believe the river will deliver people to Heaven. They believe it is able to cleanse a person’s sin on contact.
An area of land where rain collects when it rains, usually at the bottom of a mountain (think gravity)
Catchment