Earths Freshwater

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What percentage of Earth is freshwater?

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3%

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How is water cleaned in nature?

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Water infiltrates through layers of sand, silt, gravel, and rock, which remove impurities from the water to clean it.

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Which of the following contains the largest percentage of the Earth's total water?

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Oceans

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What is an example of a water reservoir?

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All of these (an ocean, a glacier, a lake).

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What sequence of processes transports water from the ocean into a cloud?

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Evaporation and condensation.

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What is the water cycle?

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The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.

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What is evaporation?

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The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas.

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What is condensation?

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The process by which water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water.

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What is precipitation?

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Any form of water that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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What role do glaciers play in freshwater storage?

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Glaciers store a significant amount of the Earth's freshwater in solid form.