Water Distribution

Repeated movement of water through the environment in different forms

• Wheels
• Water cycle
• Hydrosphere
• Reservoir

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Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

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Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?

• lakes
• glaciers
• oceans
• rivers

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Most of the Earth's water is in

• salty oceans
• freshwater lakes
• freshwater ponds
• glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water underground is stored in ____________.

• aquifers

• reservoirs

• wells

• depositories

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Approximately _____ percent of Earth's water is freshwater.

• 97

• 1

• 3

• 10

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What percent of Earth's freshwater is available for humans to use?

• 3

• less than 1

• 97

• 10

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Where does runoff end up?

• ponds
• streams
• rivers
• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is runoff?

• the excess water that isn't absorbed into the ground after it rains
• the vapor that is created when the sun's heat warms the Earth's surface
• water that is absorbed into the ground and collects in rocks and soil
• water droplets that combine to form clouds
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which source of freshwater is not easily available for human use?

• oceans
• freshwater lakes
• rivers
• icecaps/glaciers

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