3.3 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

An underground layer of rock or soil that has connected pores, or holes, that water can pass through.

• aquifer

• reservoir

• lake

• pond

The process of removing salt from saltwater is called _______.

• salinity

• deposition

• desalination

• erosion

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 NOT a major use of freshwater?

• Residential

• Agricultural

• Industrial

• Clouds

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