River Basin

What is a watershed?

• Water in an area
• Water that flows into a river or stream
• Land that water flows over and through
• Water that is salty

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The transition zone between dry areas of land and bodies of water are called:

• Wetlands
• Watersheds
• Divides
• Estuaries

Where is MOST of Earth's available freshwater stored?

• the atmosphere
• underground
• lakes and rivers
• ice caps and glaciers

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Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

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What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?

• runoff
• recharge
• watershed
• valley

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An aquifer is a(n)

• well in which water rises because of pressure
• underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
• type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
• place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock

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What two elements make up water?

• Helium and oxygen
• Hydrogen and oxygen
• helium and carbon
• oxygen and carbon

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What is it called when smaller streams join together to make a larger river?

• Tributaries
• Topography
• Watershed
• Groundwater

Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earth's surface

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• runoff 

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