Rules
• Each section will have two teams competing against each other.
• The average of the two scores will be used to determine the overall RC Champion.
• Teams have a maximum of 5 players who can rotate, but…
• Only the player with their hand in the ice bucket can
answer questions!
• Incorrect answers will result in the question being passed to the other team.
• There are a total of 15 questions and no tie-breaks.
Rivers and
Lakes
Water Uses
The
Environment
Drinking
Water
Water
Science
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Around 4,000 miles long
and responsible for
transporting 20% of the
Earth’s fresh water.
Covers an area of 22,300
square miles and resides
entirely in the US.
The study of lakes and
other fresh-water
formations.
70% of the worlds water
gets used in this industry.
The number of liters of
water needed to make a 1liter bottle of water.
2,000 gallons of water per
day.
Covers 70% of the planet’s
surface.
Scientists study these to
detect the impact of
warming climates on ice
shelves.
0.14 inches per year over
the last 20 years.
1 in 10 people lack access
to this.
Drinking this could cost
you $1,400 extra per year.
Aquafina, Dasani and tap
water all have this in
common.
This is the chemical
formula for water.
Added to drinking water to
kill bacteria and microbes.
Causes water to expand
when frozen.
Answers
Same order as slides are presented:
1. The Amazon
2. Lake Michigan
3. Limnology
4. Agriculture
5. 3
6. Average US citizen water footprint
7. Oceans
8. Icebergs
9. Rate of sea level rise
10. Clean drinking water
11. Bottled water
12. They are all from municipal sources
13. H2O
14. Chlorine
15. Hydrogen Bonds (Crystal structure is also acceptable)