Water Distribution

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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Water underground is stored in ____________.

• aquifers

• reservoirs

• wells

• depositories

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

• 3

• less than 1

• 97

• 10

The total amount of water on Earth is constantly changing.

• true
• false

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Place the amounts of water on Earth in order from greatest to least.

• saltwater, liquid freshwater, frozen freshwater

• liquid freshwater, frozen freshwater, saltwater

• saltwater, frozen freshwater, liquid freshwater

_________ is held in layers of rock called aquifers. We can pump water up from these areas, so humans can use it.

• groundwater

• wetland

• glacier

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A slow moving mass of ice usually made from compacted snow on mountains.

• glaciers

• marine biologist

• water quality

• algae

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Water that is suitable for human use is called--

• ice caps and glaciers.

• potable water.

• saltwater.

• unfiltered- groundwater.