A Water Puzzle
1. What state claims to have invented water skiing?
A. Arizona, write K in space 7.
B. Minnesota, write R in space 5.
C. Canada, write P in space 11.
2. Which is true?
A. There is less water on the earth today than when the dinosaurs roamed
the land, write E in space 3.
B. There is more water on the earth today than when the dinosaurs roamed the
land, write A in space 12.
C. There is the same amount of water on the earth today as when the dinosaurs
roamed the land, write V in space 11.
3. What percentage of the earth's water is fresh water?
A. 1%, write F in space 6.
B. 5%, write X in space 1
C. 50%, write I in space 3.
4. What federal agency works with water pollution?
A. FBI, write B in space 5.
B. EPA, write I in space 10,
C. NFL, write O in space 13.
5. Which water droplet stays around longer?
A. One that is in a lake, write G in space 4.
B. One that is in a jar, write Q in space 2.
C. One that is in a deep well, write A in space 2.
6. How many teaspoons of water does it take to fill up a regular size bathtub?
A. 10 teaspoons, write D in space 8.
B. 53 thousand, write T in space 9.
C. 100 thousand, write E in space 3
7. What happens to your eyes when you dehydrate?
A. They become a different color, write J in space 3.
B. They fall out, write M in space 1.
C. They dry out, write S in space 8.
8. Which is safer to drink?
A. Water from an aquifer, write L in space 13.
B. Water from a mud puddle, write N in space 5.
C. Water from a polluted pond, write U in space 6.
9. Which of the following is a common water fowl animal?
A. A German Shepherd, write H in space 10.
B. Beaver, write L in space 3.
C. Goose, write A in space 12.
10. How much water is used by an average automatic dishwasher in one cycle?
A. 15 gallons, write W in space 1.
B. 45 gallons, write T in space 7.
C 100 gallons, write O in space 4.
11. What is the longest river in the world?
A. The Mississippi, write B in space 11.
B. The Nile, write E in space 7.
C. The Amazon, write K in space 1.
12. The amount of water needed to produce a hamburger, fries and a soft drink is:
A. 15 gallons, write C in space 11.
B. 1500 gallons, write E in space 4.
C. 15,000 gallons, write S in space 2.
13. How many gallons of water a day are carried across the U.S. in the atmosphere?
A. 100 thousand gallons, write Y in space 13.
B. 25 gallons, write B in space 10.
C. 40 trillion gallons, write T in space 3.
Clue to the solution: You go there in May.
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Answers: 1B; 2C; 3A; 4B; 5C; 6B; 7C; 8A; 9C; 10A; 11B; 12B; 13C.The puzzle word is ""Waterfestival"