Lesson 4: Stepping into the River—In Service to Our Rivers
Handout 1

Quick Quiz on Water Facts

DIRECTIONS: Read the quiz questions and just circle your best guess. We'll go over the answers together as a review of water scarcity.

1.

Over one billion people worldwide lack an adequate and safe water supply.

 

 True    False
2.

About two million people die each year from water-related illness.

 

 True    False
3.

Americans spend about four million dollars a year buying drinking water.

 

 True    False
4.

The number one cause of water pollution is industrial and city dumping.

 

 True    False
5.

85% of the world's health problems are due to unsafe drinking water.

 

 True    False
6.

There is a scarcity of clean water.

 

 True    False
7.

Some causes of water pollution include river dams, recreational uses of water, and leakage from disposal sites.

 

 True    False
8.

Every decision I make involving water has an opportunity cost.

 

 True    False
9.

The government will have to solve our water problems.

 

 True    False
10,

The preamble to the Constitution explains the role of Government in protecting our water.

 True    False