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What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER?

• 97.5%
• 2.5%

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Desalination is

• removing salt from water
• removing oil from water
• removing toxic chemicals from water
• adding salt to water

A lack of water in an area is called ____.

• water scarcity
• water footprint

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Water that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks and soil underground.

• well
• aquifer
• groundwater
• irrigation

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An underground layer of rock or soil through which water easily moves.

• runoff
• water reclamation
• aqueduct
• aqueifer

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The surface of a layer of saturates ground.

• water table
• groundwater
• watershed
• reservoir

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A region of land that drains into a river.

• water reclamation
• watershed
• aquifer
• irrigation

The process of suppling fresh water to farm fields for growing crops.

• aqueduct
• irrigation
• spring
• runoff

As rock becomes more porous...

• The more water it can hold

• The less water it can hold

• The porosity of rock does not determine how much water it can hold

What would be the best definition of permeability?

• Percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces

• The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through open spaces or pores

• The inability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through open spaces or pores

• The level below which the ground is saturated with water

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