How Much Do You Know About Our Water?
Test your knowledge about australian water usage.
- 1.What was the australian average rainfall in 2011?
- A.
499mm
- B.
599mm
- C.
699mm
- D.
799mm
- 2.What is used to measure rainfall?
- A.
Rain Gauge
- B.
A rainometer
- C.
A barometer
- D.
A thermometer
- 3.How much waste water is produced each day?
- A.
264 million litres
- B.
335 million litres
- C.
286 million litres
- D.
372 million litres
- 4.Which australian state recieves the highest average rainfall?
- A.
Queensland
- B.
WA
- C.
Canberra
- D.
Tasmania
- 5.What is desalination?
- A.
Water coming down as rain
- B.
Removing salt and other minerals from water
- C.
Water rising up as vapour and forming clouds
- D.
Adding artificial flavour to water
- 6.What is greywater?
- A.
Water that is the colour grey
- B.
Clean water
- C.
Sewage water
- D.
Wastewater from domestic activities
- 7.In Australia, what is our approximate annual water usage per person?
- A.
1.3 million litres
- B.
1.7 million litres
- C.
1.1 million litres
- D.
1.5 million litres
- 8.What is an aquifer?
- A.
A man-made area for storing water
- B.
A place beneath the earths surface which can hold water
- C.
A type of water-saving shower
- D.
Any area which can hold a large amount of water
- 9.Where is groundwater found?
- A.
Above the ground
- B.
On the ground
- C.
Beneath the ground
- D.
All of the above
- 10.It requires more than 100L of water to produce a cup of coffee.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Australias rainfall is the lowest of all the continents.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.The higher the temperature, the higher the evaporation rate.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.The sun is a necessary factor in the water cycle.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.All clouds produce rain.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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