Earth's Waters

About _______ of the Earth is FRESH water?

• 55%

• 25%

• 71%

• 3%

Rain, snow, sleet, hail

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• ground water

What is ground water?

• Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Water that fills the oceans and lakes.

• What that evaporates from rivers, lakes, and oceans.

• Water that flows.

The Negro, Jupara, Purus, and Papajos Rivers would be _______________ to the Amazon River?

• tributaries

• meanders

• deltas

• oxbow lakes

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is a(n) _____________________.

• artisian well

• geyser

• aquifer

• lake

The image is an example of a ______________.

• artesian well

• geyser

• lake

• aquifer

What are the 3 major steps of the water cycle?

• runoff, precipitation, evaporation

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation

• saturation, precipitation, liquification

• irrigation, evaporation, condensation

The image is showing what process?

• condensation

• transpiration

• precipitation

• liquification

What is a wavelength?

• The horizontal distance between wave crests

• The highest point of the wave

• The lowest point of the wave

• The amount of energy a wave carries

True or False: Salinity affects the size of a wave.

• True

• False