INSTRUCTIONS:Answer the following questions related to the Learnz.org article: http://www.learnz.org.nz/water172/bg-standard-f/water-as-a-precious-resource (Note: Refer back to the website if you are having difficulty).
Question 1
1.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote, "Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink" in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834). What is Coleridge trying to illustrate to the reader?
Question 2
2.
How does water, particularly rain water, become salty?
Question 3
3.
What percentage of the Earth's water is saltwater?
Question 4
4.
What percentage of the Earth's water is drinkable? Additionally, what percentage of that water is available to us?
Question 5
5.
Why is only such a small percentage of drinkable water available to us?
Question 6
6.
Draw a pie chart that best illustrates the ratios/percentages of saltwater and freshwater.
Question 7
7.
How do we protect what limited freshwater we have?