Monday, July 21, 2008

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?



Answer the poll question on the right. This question was on the TV show 'Are you smarter than a 5th grader", it was answered incorrectly by the contestant a lawyer.


What percent of water on earth is freshwater?


Link to show http://www.fox.com/areyousmarter/features/



Answer to question:


The earth’s surface is 70 percent water; of this only 3 percent is fresh water of which three quarters is locked in polar ice caps, less than 1 percent is easily accessible by humans (“Water availability”,1998).



Source:


Water availability and use. Population reports, (1998)1 (26). Retrieved July 8, 2008.
Academic search premier database.

3 comments:

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