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Water Trivia
Check your answers to the trivia questions below.

True or False

1. Water freezes at 32 degrees F, and 0 degrees C. True
2. 90% of the human body is water. False - 66%
3. Water is the most common substance found on earth. True
4. Water acts as a natural insulator to regulate the earth's
   temperature. True
5. Of all the earths water, 70% of is ocean or seas. False - 97%

Multiple Choice

1. In order to maintain health, a person must consume how many quarts per/day from all sources, i.e., water, food, etc. ?
   A.1 gallon
   B. 2 gallons
   C. 3 gallons
   D. 4 gallons
   
   
2. A one acre cornfield gives off how many gallons of water to evaporation in one day?
   A. 200 gallons
   B. 600 gallons
   C. 1,000 gallons
   D. 4,000 gallons
   
   
3. The average five-minute shower consume how many gallons of water?
   A. 0-5 gallons
   B. 5-15 gallons
   C. 15-25 gallons
   D. more than 25 gallons
   
   
4. How many gallons of water does it take to brush your teeth?
   A. a few droplets
   B. 1 gallon
   C. 2 gallons
   D. 5 gallons
   
   
5. On the average, an automatic dish water uses how many gallons of water to wash dishes?
   A. 1-3 gallons
   B. 9-12 gallons
   C. 15-18 gallons
   D. a small pond
   
   
6. How much of the earth's surface is water?
   A. 25%
   B. 50%
   C. 80%
   D. 99%
   
   
7. Of all the earth's water, how much is oceans or seas?
   A. 12%
   B. 32%
   C. 74%
   D. 97%
   
   
8. How much of the earths water is suitable for drinking?
   A. 1%
   B. 30%
   C. 50%
   D. 100% - I'll drink anything
   
   
9. How many gallons of water do we get when it rains one inch in a square acre?
   A. I don't like word problems
   B. 1,000 gallons
   C. 15,000 gallons
   D. 27,000 gallons
   
   
10. What is the name of the movie staring Adam Sandler as a football star/waterboy of the Louisiana State Mud Dogs?
    A. The Great Bobby Boshe
    B. The Whole Nine Yards
    C. The Water Boy
    D. Foose Ball

So how well do you know your water?

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