Fresh Water

Plants use water to

• release as a waste product

• keep predators away

• make their own food

• attract pollinators

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According to the pie chart, what percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

• 97%

• 71%

• 30%

• 3%

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The streams and small rivers that feed into a main river are called

• watersheds

• tributaries

• divides

• wetlands

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AS water moves slowly through a wetland, some waste materials settle out, some wastes are absorbed by plants, and silt and mud is trapped by plant roots. In this way, wetlands act as natural

• filters

• habitats

• tributaries

• artesian wells

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

• salt water

• rain water

• groundwater

• water vapor

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Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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People can obtain groundwater by drilling a well

• above the water table

• into an aquifer

• into the unsaturated zone

• into the impermeable layer

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A river system is made up of a river and its

• sediments

• divides

• runoff

• tributaries

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An aquifer is a(n)

• 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 our of cracks in the rock

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A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called a(n)

• artesian well

• geyser well

• spring well

• dry well

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