Water everywhere

Why is fresh water a limited resource?

• It isn't because it is a renewable resource.

• 97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink.

• Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes.

Most freshwater is stored in _______.

• ground

• glaciers

• sea

Where is 97% of Earth's water is stored?

• Glaciers

• Ground

• Sea

Earth is NOT the only planet in the Solar system with liquid water.

• True

• False

When land is dry, farmers bring water from rivers and lakes to their fields. This special kind of watering is called (a)   .

Some crops need more water to grow than others. _______ for example.

• Rice and olives

• Olives and apples

• oranges and wheat

• rice and cotton

Some crops need only a little water. For example, _______.

• rice and cotton

• Olives and oranges

• Cotton and olives

• Oranges and rice

Where is most of Earth's water located?

• polar ice caps

• oceans

• groundwater

• atmosphere

Above ground areas that have freshwater available for humans to use are called __________.

• aquifers

• tributaries

• reservoirs

Approximately _______ percent of Earth's water is freshwater.

• 97

• 3

• 1

• 10