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1. How much water is used for a shower? 5 , 10, 30 or 50 gallons

2. How long can person live without water? 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 month

3. How much water does one person use each day? 50, 150, 250 or 500 gallons

4. How much water is used to brush your teeth each day, without leaving the water running? 1/2, 1, 2, or 3-4 gallons

5. How much water is used to brush your teeth each day, while leaving the water running? 1-2, 2-4, 5-6 or more than 7 gallons

6. Approximately, how much water is used to produce a burger, fries and soft drink? 4, 40, 400 or 1400 gallons

7. Approximately how much of the earth's surface is covered with water? 33%, 50%, 75% or 82%

8. How much does one gallon of water weigh? 3, 5.5, 8.5 or 10 pounds

Answers to Quiz

1. 30
2. 1 week
3. 150 gallons
4. 1 gallon
5. 2-4 gallons
6. 1400 gallons
7. 75%
8. 8.5 pounds

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For more information on these water use questions and others, see the following sources:

Project WET http://www.projectwet.org/;

The Groundwater Foundation, http://www.groundwater.org/;

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Water Sourcebooks http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb/;

U.S. Geological Survey Water Science for Schools http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/; and

Water Sourcebook from Water Environment Federation http://www.wef.org/.

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