Earth's Water Features

What percent of the planet is water?

• 97%

• 3%

• 50%

• 75%

What percent of the Earth's water is saltwater?

• 97%

• 3%

• 50%

• 75%

Which of the following are saltwater? (Choose 2)

• streams

• oceans

• rivers

• seas

large bodies of water that is often connected to an ocean

• oceans

• seas

• lakes

• rivers

large bodies of salt water that surrounds a continent

• oceans

• seas

• lakes

• rivers

salt water that may be partly or completely surrounded by land

• oceans

• seas

• lakes

• rivers

What percent of the Earth's water is freshwater?

• 97%

• 3%

• 50%

• 75%

small, flowing bodies of fresh water that flows into rivers

• rivers

• streams

• lakes

• ponds

• glaciers

huge sheets of ice that cover land

• rivers

• streams

• lakes

• ponds

• glaciers

large, flowing bodies of fresh water that usually empty into a sea or ocean

• rivers

• streams

• lakes

• ponds

• glaciers