Hydrosphere Review

About _________ percent of all the water on Earth is in the form of salt water.

• 90

• 97

• 95

• 98

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NGSS.5-ESS2-2

Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called _____?

• Reservoir

• Standing Water

• Running Water

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

An underground layer of rock or soil that has connected pores, or holes, that water can pass through.

• aquifer

• reservoir

• lake

• pond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

An area where freshwater feeds into saltwater.

• rivers

• tide pools

• estuaries

• oceans

The shallowest part of the ocean ecosystem is called _______.

• neritic zone

• bathyal zone

• intertidal zone

• abyssal zone

There is only _________ percent of freshwater on earth.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Earth's oceans cover __________ percent of Earth's surface.

• 97%

• 80%

• 70%

• 93%

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called:

• evaporation
• transpiration
• infiltration
• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is a measure of a material's ability to transmit fluids through interconnected pore spaces?

• capacity
• competence
• permeability
• porosity

The majority of water on Earth is

• saltwater

• freshwater

• frozen

• found in the uppermost part of the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4