Earth's water and resources

Most of Earth's fresh water is in which reservoir?

• ocean

• atmosphere

• glaciers

• groundwater

• surface water

Wetland do not help purify the water that runs off the land.

• true

• false

Choose all that apply:

Ground water is

• fresh

• salt water

• beneath the surface of the land

• frozen all the time

A reservoir is

• what you do when you want to have dinner at a fancy place

• how you say "see you soon" in french

• someone who is shy

• a place on Earth where water is stored

Which of the following are examples of reservoirs? Select all that apply.

• ocean

• river

• atmosphere

• ice caps

• ground water

Which is the largest reservoir?

• groundwater

• surface water

• ocean

• ice caps and glaciers

A renewable resource is:

• what you do with your library book when you want to read it again

• a resource that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out

• when you want to order a newspaper for another amount of time

• a resource that is always being replaced and will not run out

A nonrenewable resource is

• a resource that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out.

• when you do not want to borrow a book again from the library

• a resource that is always being replaced and will not run out

• a newspaper that you do not want again

Pick all the items that are examples of renewable resources:

• olives

• gasoline

• carrots

• salmon

• gold

Pick all the items that are examples of nonrenewable resources:

• gold

• chicken

• oil

• coal