Water Facts
Water Filtration Process
Activities
Pop Quiz
 
 
Pretty much everything we eat needs water to either grow or be made. The water is either supplied by nature as precipitation or added by man during the growing/production process. To produce that hamburger, for example, it takes water to grow the vegetation the cow eats, water for the cow to drink, water for processing the meat, etc. It all adds up! The items listed below show just a few examples of how important water is.
 
See if you know how much water it takes to produce
or grow each of the items below!
(click on the item to see the answer)
 
Almonds Orange
French Fries Hamburger
Lettuce Milk
Rice Tomatoes
Watermelon 1 Egg
Loaf of Bread 1 Car
 
Activity Source: USGS Science for a Changing World
Water Science for Schools.
 
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