Basics of water day 1

Most of the water on Earth is what type of water?

• Fresh water we drink

• Salt water

• ice

• rain water

If there is so much saltwater, why don’t we just drink it instead of freshwater?

• it tastes bad

• we do drink it!

• it is bad for us

• nobody has thought of drinking it before

What percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater?

• 10%

• 71%

• < 50%

• 2%

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What are some examples of where we can find freshwater?

• seas

• lakes

• oceans

• rivers

• ponds

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Based on the graph, which estimate best describes the areas of Earth’s surface covered with salt water and fresh water? 

• 69% salt water and 2 % fresh water

• 29% salt water and 69% fresh water

• 2% salt water and 29% fresh water

• 69% salt water and 29 % fresh water

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