14.1 Earth: The Water Planet

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True or false: Oceans contain 97% of the water found on Earth.

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True

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True or false: Oceans cover 71-75% of Earth's surface.

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True

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True or false: Saltwater is always denser than freshwater, regardless of temperature.

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True

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Which best explains why runoff is important?

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It returns water to other locations on Earth.

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What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

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transpiration

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What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface? Options: volcanoes, the sun, lightning, wind

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the sun

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An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.

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aquifer

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What is a channel of water that flows into a larger one?

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Tributary

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The boundary around a watershed is called the

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divide.

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Our watershed is part of a larger watershed called -

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Chesapeake Bay Watershed