Water Resources

What percentage of water on Earth is SALT WATER?

• 97.5%
• 2.5%

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What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER?

• 97.5%
• 2.5%

Water on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ____.

• fresh water
• infiltration
• surface water
• groundwater

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Water is a what type of resource?

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

• continuous resource

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Desalination is

• removing salt from water
• removing oil from water
• removing toxic chemicals from water
• adding salt to water

Water that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks and soil underground.

• well
• aquifer
• groundwater
• irrigation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Rainwater that flows over land without sinking into the soil.

• runoff
• spring
• groundwater
• aqueduct

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An underground layer of rock or soil through which water easily moves.

• runoff

• water reclamation

• aqueduct

• aquifer

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The surface of a layer of saturates ground.

• water table
• groundwater
• watershed
• reservoir

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A region of land that drains into a river.

• water reclamation
• watershed
• aquifer
• irrigation

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