Water and the Water Cycle

What is the breakdown of land versus water on Earth?

• Water 20% and Land 80%

• Water 70% and Land 30%

• Water 97% and Land 3%

• Water 90% and Land 10%

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How much of the Earth's water is fresh water?

• 97%

• 75%

• 3%

• 25%

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Most of the water on Earth is __________.

• fresh water

• ground water

• salty water

• standing water

Most of Earth's freshwater is found ...

• in rivers

• frozen in the form of snow, glaciers, and ice caps

• in groundwater stored in cracks and spaces of soil and underground rock

• in lakes

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Forms of precipitation are-

• only sleet and snow
• rain, sleet, hail, and snow
• only dew and rain 
• only snow and rain

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Water in lakes and rivers that does not contain salt-

• recycled water
• new water
• salt water
• fresh water

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When water is heated in the ocean by the sun and turns into water vapor

• condensation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• runoff

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What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

What do we call water in its gas state?

• rain

• snow

• ice

• water vapor

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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