Watery Planet: Mystery 3

True or False: All rainwater flows into rivers?

• True

• False

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Why doesn't rainwater seep all the way down to the center of the earth?

• It is too hot there.

• There is a layer of rock that has no holes or gaps.

• The earth's magnet repels the water.

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An area of rock where water can seep underground is called an _______.

• well

• agriculture

• aquifer

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Water flows ________.

• through mountains

• uphill

• downhill

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How can you tell if a plant is getting water from underground?

• It has no roots.

• It has long roots to reach the water.

• It has short roots that get surface water.

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Water goes underground more easily through porous soil or rock. What does porous mean?

• being soft and spongy

• having no spaces or holes

• having small spaces or holes

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The image below is a type of graph that shows the amount of liquid freshwater on Earth. There are 100 total drops to represent 100% of the liquid freshwater on Earth. Remember: this does not include water in the oceans. Use this graph to determine which statements are TRUE. There are 2 correct answers.

• There is about the same amount of fresh surface water as there is 

  fresh groundwater.

• The majority of the liquid freshwater on Earth is water that people have to dig to find.

• 10% of the liquid freshwater on Earth is on the surface of the Earth.

• Rivers and lakes might look big, but they only hold a few percent of the total freshwater on Earth.

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What does the graph tell us about water usage in Pineville?

• 1. People use more than twice as much surface water as they do groundwater.

• 1. People use equal amounts of surface water and groundwater.

• 1. People only use water from a lake or a river.

• 1. People use slightly more surface water than groundwater.

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True or False:

It is possible for a city to only use groundwater and use no surface water at all.

• True

• False

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True or False:

Pineville does not get all ten million gallons of water it needs each day from just surface water and groundwater. They have to use other sources too.

• True

• False

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