Fun with water
Water riddles
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What lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its root upward?
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What three letters mean "stiff water"?
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What kind of bank needs no money?
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What runs and has no feet, roars but has no mouth?
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What runs but never gets tired?
Fun facts about water
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75 percent of the earth is covered with water.
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97 percent of earth’s water is in the oceans. Only 3 percent of the earth’s water can be used
as drinking water. 75 percent of the world’s fresh water is frozen in the polar ice caps.
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Although a person can live without food for more than a month, a person can only live
without water for approximately one week.
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The average person in the United States uses 80 to 100 gallons of water each day. During
medieval times a person used only 5 gallons per day.
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It takes 2 gallons to brush your teeth, 2 to 7 gallons to flush a toilet, and 25 to 50
gallons to take a shower.
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It takes about 1 gallon of water to process a quarter pound of hamburger.
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It takes 2,072 gallons of water to make four new tires.
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Sources of water pollution include: oil spills, fertilizer and agricultural run-off,
sewage, stormwater, and industrial wastes.
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The first United States water plant with filters was built in 1872 in Poughkeepsie, New
York.
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One gallon of water is equal to 3.785 liters of water.
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One cubic foot of water is equal to 7.48 gallons of water.
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Water boils at 212 Fahrenheit or 100 Celsius.
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Water freezes at 32 Fahrenheit or 0 Celsius.
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A single drop of water contains billions of water molecules.
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Human body contains 70 percent water.
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Water makes up 83 percent of our blood, 70 percent of our brain, and 90 percent of our lungs.
Water word find
Riddle answers
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An icicle.
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Ice.
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A riverbank.
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The sea.
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Water from a tap or a river.
For more information, contact:
Robert J. Cockriel, Utilities Superintendent
1700 W. 98th Street
PH: 952-563-8777, FAX: 952-563-8770
E-mail: rcockriel@ci.bloomington.mn.us
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