How does water temperature and salinity affect its density?

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How does Earth's water move through the water cycle?

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Earth is known as the water planet. What percent of the Earth is covered in water?

• 97 percent

• 70 percent

• 50 percent

• 3 percent

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A hot spring in which water intermittently boils or erupts from the ground, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air is a(an) ___________________.

• artesian well

• eutrophication

• geyser

• saturated zone

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An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called a(an) _________________.

• aquifer

• divide

• tributary

• watershed

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What percentage of Earth's water is saltwater?

• 96.5 percent

• 70 percent

• 50 percent

• 3.5 percent

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The characteristic of a material that allows the air and water to easily pass through it because it has many pore spaces is called ____________________.

• impermeable

• water table

• permeable

• wetland

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A stream or small river that feeds into a main river is a(an) _____________________.

• aquifer

• reservoir

• tributary

• watershed

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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is ______________________.

• groundwater

• impermeable

• permeable

• unsaturated zone

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A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year is a ___________________. Examples include swamps, marshes, and bogs.

• permeable

• watershed

• water table

• wetland

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