Water on Earth

3% of water is freshwater. ___________ is where you find most of that 3%.

• Huge masses of Ice
• Lakes and ponds
• Aquariums
• City fountains

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Where does all Fresh Water come from?

• Evaportation
• Precipitaion
• Condensation
• Transpiration

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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called _____.

• salt water
• rain water
• ground water
• water vapor

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An aquifer is a(an) _____.

• underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
• well in which water rises because of pressure
• type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
• place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock

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Plants use water to undergo photosynthesis. They also release water into the atmosphere. Plants contribute to which part of the water cycle?

• irrigation
• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation

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What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?

• runoff
• recharge
• watershed
• valley

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What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground

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What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?

• runoff
• discharge
• recharge
• tributary

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When water goes from liquid at Earth's surface to vapor in Earth's atmosphere, that is called

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• transpiration

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