Streams and Rivers (CK)

Approximately how much of Earth's freshwater is in the solid state (e.g. glaciers) or underground?

• 99
• 66
• 33
• 13

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most of the Earth's fresh water is located in:

• Icecaps, glaciers
• Oceans
• Storage tanks
• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most of our ______ is trapped in glaciers and ice caps.

• fresh water
• river water
• water reservoir
• oceanic water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river is a ______ reservoir.

• Freshwater
• Man-made
• Saltwater
• None of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Oceans contain nearly ______ percent of Earth's water.

• 97
• 30
• 27
• 50

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______ time is the amount of time the average molecule of water stays in a reservoir.

• Residence
• Groundwater
• Glacier
• All of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Occasionally a river may overflow its banks during rainy seasons. What is the area around the river that becomes flooded known as?

• a floodplain
• the headwater
• the watershed
• a river basin

The ______ is a sedimentary deposit that is located where the stream or river meets another large body of water.

• delta
• source
• mouth
• tributary

Streams and river systems are fed by large regions of land that drain water into them. What are these regions of land called?

• watersheds
• floodplains
• tributaries
• headwaters

The land on the sides of a river or stream where the overflow goes during flooding are called ______ .

• floodplains
• meanders
• tributaries
• deltas

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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