11.1 Water Resources

11.1 Water Resources

Multiple Choice

Water on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ____.

• fresh water
• infiltration
• surface water
• groundwater

Multiple Choice

What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER?

• 97%

• 3%

Multiple Choice

The hydrologic cycle

• involves the continuous movement of water in all its states throughout the lower atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.

• is limited to freshwater circulation in the hydrosphere.

• refers to the highly localized transfer of water from plants and soils to the atmosphere and back.

• is the groundwater component of the global water cycle.

Multiple Choice

A flowing network of water

• river system

• watershed

• basin

• NBC

Multiple Choice

Which makes up the larger percent of all water on Earth?

• freshwater

• salt water

• stale water

• sugar water

Multiple Choice

Area of land that is drained by a river

• river system

• recharge zone

• watershed

• beach

Multiple Choice

Process by which surface water drips down through the soil and into the rocks.

• percolation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• cha cha slide

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of a potential surface water resource?

• artificial lakes

• aquifers

• rivers

• wetlands

Multiple Choice

The ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it.

• porosity

• percolation

• permeability

• equilibrium