hydrosphere

About _________ percent of all the water on Earth is in the form of salt water.

• 90

• 97

• 95

• 98

Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called _____?

• Reservoir

• Standing Water

• Running Water

• Groundwater

There is only _________ percent of freshwater on earth.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What is the driving force of the water cycle?

• wind

• sun

• soil

• clouds

When water from the atmosphere back to the surface of the Earth is it called

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

• infiltration

Where is the majority of Earth's freshwater

located?

• clouds

• polar ice caps

• rivers

• Pacific Ocean

Which of the following is an unsafe material that can be found in drinking water?

• Fish

• Pathogens

• Minerals

• None of these

Precipitation includes which of the following?

• Rain, it is liquid water

• Fog, it is gaseous water vapour

• Hail, it is solid water

• All of the above

Surface water currents will have ____ compared to deep water currents.

• Increased salinity

• Increased velocity

• Increased temperature

• Increased volcanic activity

Which of these is NOT part of the hydrologic (water) cycle?

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Echolocation