Chapter 10 Practice Test

Front

Where is most of Earth's total water supply found? Options: atmosphere, groundwater, oceans, ice sheets

Back

oceans

Front

Where is most of Earth's freshwater supply found? Options: atmosphere, groundwater, oceans, ice sheets

Back

ice sheets

Front

When plants give off water to the atmosphere, it is called

Back

transpiration

Front

What are the two main ways that living things use water? Options: eating and drinking, habitat and body processes, condensation and evaporation, for drinking and for reproducing

Back

habitat and body processes

Front

____ of Earth's surface water is saltwater, and ____ of it is freshwater.

Back

97%, 3%

Front

Water that fills the spaces between particles of soil and rock is called

Back

groundwater

Front

What are the four main sources of freshwater on Earth? Options: oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, groundwater, ice, water vapor

Back

water vapor, ice, groundwater, lakes

Front

Which part of the water cycle is the source of almost all freshwater on and below Earth's surface? Options: condensation, transpiration, evaporation, precipitation

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precipitation

Front

What is the area that supplies water to a river system called?

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watershed

Front

Two watersheds are separated by a(n)

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divide