Water

The process of supplying land areas with water to make them suitable for farming is

• capillary action
• condensation
• transpiration
• irrigation

More than 97% of Earth's total water supply is found in

• ice sheets
• the atmosphere
• the oceans
• groundwater

A molecule with electrically charged parts is a 

• gas
• polar molecule
• solution
• nonpolar molecule

When you stir salt into water, you are making a 

• solid
• solvent
• molecule
• solution

The energy that drives the water cycle comes from the 

• sun
• Earth
• rain
• ocean

The water that falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, and hail is called

• condensation
• transpiration
• precipation
• evaporation

Plants giving off water vapor through their leaves is the process called

• transpiration
• precipitation 
• transportation
• evaporation

The ____________ ___________ is the tightness across the surface of the water that is caused by polar molecules pulling on each other.

• capillary action
• solution
• polar molecule
• surface tension

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

• salt water
• groundwater
• dirty water
• mountain water

Most of Earth's liquid fresh water is found in the form of lakes.

• True
• False