Geo Active Questions!

1. What percentage of the world's supply of water is fresh water?

2.5 percent of the water in the world is fresh.

2. Where is the world's supply of fresh water found?

The supply of the world's fresh water comes from ice on earth, rivers, lakes and underground.

3. Even though the supply of fresh water is abundant it is still a problem. Why?

The water is distributed in an uneven manner.

4. Observe the map of world average annual precipitation (opposite)

(a) Describe the changes in rainfall that occur as you move from the southern to the northern tip of Africa.

The rain in the South of Africa is more frequent with precipitation than the North part of Africa.

(b) Describe the changes in rainfall that occur as you move from the western to the eastern tip of Australia along the Tropic of Capricorn.

The Western side of Australia has lesser amount of precipitation as compared to the Eastern part. This is because on the Western side, there are more deserts.

5. Observe the map above of water availability per person.

(a) Which parts of the world appear to have a large amount of water available per person?

Philippines, Canada, Russia, The Northern part of South America and Greenland.

(b) Which parts of the world appear to have a small amount of water per person?

China, Africa, Most of Europe.

6. Observe the diagram of water use.

(a) What are the main uses of water?

Cooking, Bathing, Washing, Cleaning, Drinking and Preparation of Drinks.

(b) Which uses have increased the most over the last century?

Bathing and Preparation of Drinks.