Fresh Water

Fresh water makes up what percent of the Earth's water?

• 5%
• 10%
• 4%
• 3%

Most of the Fresh water on Earth is

• in the ocean
• underground
• frozen
• in rivers

Fresh water gathers in depressions in the ground.  These are called

• Lakes
• Oceans
• Glaciers
• the polar cap

A watershed is an 

• area that drains into a stream or river
• section of land that juts into the ocean
• the shoreline of the ocean
• the end of a continent

Which three words have the same meaning of an area of the ocean partially enclosed by land?

• watershed, cliff, valley
• gulf, bay, sea
• water table, aquifer, glacier
• delta, beach,shoreline

Which ocean is our largest ocean?

• Artic
• Indian
• Atlantic
• Pacific

What is the name of a large section of land that juts out into the ocean?

• Beach
• Peninsula
• Shoreline
• Harbor

The largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth is found in 

• glaciers
• harbors
• gulfs
• bays

Saltwater makes up what percent of the water on Earth?

• 65%
• 70%
• 755
  75
  5
  5%
• 75%

'What is happening to the amount of groundwater in the largest aquifer in the United States found under the Great Plains and stretching from South Dakota to Texas?

• it is polluted
• it is shrinking
• it is expanding
• it is gone