Earth Resources

Which type of water is found in an estuary?

• Salty

• Brackish

• Fresh

A watershed helps drain water? A watershed is the land that surrounds

• streams and rivers

• oceans

• mountains

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It collects in the tiny spaces between pieces of soil and in layers of porous rock. Groundwater is

• water that collects on the grass

• water naturally held in the ocean

• water held underground in soil or rock

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A large tank or lake used for collecting and storing water for human consumption or agricultural use.

• watershed

• reservoir

• aquifer

An aquifer

• is located above ground

• can be used as a swimming pool

• an underground layer of rock, sand, or other material that can hold and absorb groundwater

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The Chesapeake Bay

• is a stream that feeds into a creek

• is a part of a large body of water that extends (opens) into the sea

• is an ocean

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Minerals are

• not valuable to humans or other organisms

• pockets of sparkly unicorn dust

• a type of natural resource

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Select the answer(s) that best describe human resources

• goods

• are people who do physical or mental work to produce goods or services

• labor force

A place where minerals are taken from the ground by digging or blasting is called

• a mine

• a lake

• a cultivator

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A rock quarry is very deep. After the quarry is no longer useful for excavating, it could become

• a lake

• an office building

• a national monument

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