Earth's Waters Review

Water on earth can be found in the form of _____. 

• Water Vapor 
• Liquid Water 
• Ice 
• All of the Above

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What percent of the water is salt water? 

• 97% 
• 45% 
• 3%
• 70%

Almost all of the water that is fresh, and NOT frozen, can be found _______. 

• high in the sky, 
• in the sewer system. 
• in Antarctica. 
• underground. 

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

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow

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How much of the Earth is fresh water? 

• 97%
• 45%
• 3%
• 70%

A diagram of the water cycle is shown.

Evaporation occurs because energy is transferred from which source?

• the sea

• the sun

• the trees

• the wind

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Which process of the water cycle transports water from plants to clouds?

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

• Sublimation

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Water that evaporates from lakes and streams condenses into clouds and later falls as rain. The property of water that is demonstrated is the ability to...

• act as a universal solvent.

• change from a liquid to a gas.

• boil at a high temperature.

• absorb large amounts of energy.

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Condensation in the water cycle can best be described as the result of water vapor...

• rising into the atmosphere, cooling and changing into a liquid form.

• rising into the atmosphere, warming and changing into a gaseous form.

• changing from a liquid form into a solid and forming snow.

• changing from a gas form into a solid and forming hail.

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