How Much Do You Know About Virtual Water?
11 Questions
| Total Attempts: 3614
To test your knowledge on virtual water. This survey is part of our online documentary - The Virtual Water Experience and is purely for the participant's experience. Results will not be collated or used for publication. It'll only take a couple of minutes to complete to see how much you know.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What is 'virtual water'?
- A.
Wastewater generated from domestic activities
- B.
The volume of water used in the production of goods and services
- C.
Water used for irrigation
- 2.'Virtual water' is also known as...
- A.
Freshwater
- B.
Recycled water
- C.
Embedded water
- 3.In Australia, agriculture industry consumed the largest volume of water in 2004 to 2005?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.In the same period, Australian household water use was the second highest, how much did it contribute to the total water consumption?
- A.
30%
- B.
11%
- C.
40%
- 5.How much water is needed for 1 litre of milk?
- A.
877 litres
- B.
200 litres
- C.
1,500 litres
- 6.Which type of meat requires the largest amount of water for production per kilogram?
- A.
Pork
- B.
Chicken
- C.
Beef
- D.
Sheep
- 7.The amount of virtual water consumed CANNOT be decreased by reducing the wastage of food.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.It requires ___ litres of water to produce one kilogram of potatoes.
- 9.To produce one apple (100g) requires less water than producing one orange (100g).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Which one of the following products costs the least amount of water to produce?
- A.
A glass of beer - 250ml
- B.
A glass of wine - 250ml
- C.
A cup of tea - 250ml
- 11.It costs ___ litres of water to consume 1 slice of bread with 1 slice of cheese.
- A.
40
- B.
150
- C.
90
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