Location of Water Quiz Review

What is the percentage of water on Earth?

• 71%

• 29%

• 1%

• 3%

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Which is NOT a body of freshwater

• Atlantic Ocean

• rivers

• lakes

• ponds

What makes up the hydrosphere?

• All water environments except glaciers.

• None of the water environments on the surface of Earth.

• All water environments such as the atmosphere, surface water, and groundwater

• Most of the water environments on the surface of Earth and groundwater

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What is a tributary

• an ocean with the highest salinity on the planet

• a river or stream flowing into a larger river or

  lake.

• a type of glacier found in the artic regions of the Earth

• water that is found under the surface of Earth

Where do the majority of all rivers on Earth lead to?

• glaciers

• your backyard

• the ocean

• swamp

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Where did all salt come from in the ocean

• Salt comes from precipitation of rain/snow

• Salt was formed in the rivers and eventually got into oceans

• From land where it was carried to oceans by rivers

• it was already there.

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What percentage of Earth's water is saltwater?

• 1%

• 29%

• 3%

• 97%

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Define salinty

• the amount of water found in glaciers

• the amount of water in the oceans

• the amount of salt in a substance

• the amount of freshwater on the planet

what is the salinity percentage for the oceans?

• 25%

• 71%

• 1%

• 3.5%

What are the two ways to increase salinity?

• evaporation of warm ocean water and the formation of glaciers

• There are no known ways that salinity is increased

• the input of freshwater and precipitation of rain

• the melting of glaciers and precipitation

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