L 2.3 Surface Water & Groundwater

What are the correct percentages for water on Earth?

• fresh water 3%, salt water 97%, fresh drinkable water 1%

• fresh water 1%, salt water 97%, fresh drinkable water 3%

• fresh water 97%, salt water 3%, fresh drinkable water 1%

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Water above Earth’s surface is called...

• groundwater

• surface water

• water table

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Water below Earth’s surface is called...

• groundwater

• surface water

• watershed

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The upper surface of groundwater is called...

• a divide

• a watershed

• the water table

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This separates one watershed from another...

• a divide

• a watershed

• the water table

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Materials carried by a stream are called...

• aquifer

• stream load

• flow

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A smaller stream that feeds into a river is called...

• channel

• tributary

• aquifer

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A channel is a path that a stream follows.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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A tributary is larger than a river.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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A watershed is an area of land that is drained by a river system.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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