Earth's Fresh Water

In the water cycle, the process by which water vapor cools and becomes liquid droplets of water is called...

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Percolation

• Runoff

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Water returns to the earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, and hail. These are different forms of...

• Runoff

• Percolation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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The constant moving of water, from the earth's surface into the atmosphere, back to the earth's surface, and into bodies of water is called

• The Water Cycle

• The Life Cycle

• The Circle of Life

• Weather

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Evaporation is part of the water cycle in which water becomes vapor and moves up into the atmosphere. From where does water evaporate?

• Large bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes and rivers

• Soil

• Living organisms, such as plants and animals

• All of the above

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In the water cycle, water that does not percolate into the soil moves across the land in rivers and streams. This water is called...

• evaporated water

• condensation

• runoff

• precipitation

The majority of water on Earth is in...

• the rivers and streams

• the Great Lakes

• the oceans

• underground wells

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The oceans hold the majority of water (about 97%). What is the second largest source of water on the earth?

• Lakes and streams

• the atmosphere

• Ground water

• Ice

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• a lowland

• a continental divide

• a drainage basin or watershed

• a delta

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• a tributary

• a divide

• an artesian well

• an aquifer

• triangular shaped sections of rivers and land emptying into a body of water

• sections of rushing water due to sharp declines in elevation

• smaller streams that feed into larger rivers

• high geographical regions that separate watersheds

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