Chapter 11 Review (Environmental Science)

underground formation containing groundwater

• watershed

• aquifer

• recharge zone

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flowing network of surface water

• watershed

• aquifer

• groundwater

• river system

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area of Earth’s surface where water percolates down into the aquifer

• aquifer

• river system

• reservoir

• recharge zone

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area of land drained by a river

• watershed

• river system

• groundwater

• reservoir

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area of land drained by a river

• watershed

• recharge zone

• groundwater

• river system

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water stored under Earth’s surface

• watershed

• aquifer

• groundwater

• surface water

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How much of Earth’s water is fresh water?

• 1%

• 3%

• 97%

• 77%

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Which of the following does not make up part of Earth’s surface water?

• wetlands

• rivers

• aquifers

• lakes

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Which of the following statements helps to explain why fresh water is a limited resource?

• Most of Earth’s water is salt water.

• About 71 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water

• Most of Earth’s fresh water is not liquid water usable by humans

• both (a) and (c)

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Surface water becomes groundwater when it

• moves below the water table

• condenses to form drops of liquid water.

• percolates into the recharge zone.

• flows onto the ground through a spring.

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