Earth's Waters

About _______ of the Earth is FRESH water?

• 55%

• 25%

• 71%

• 3%

Rain, snow, sleet, hail

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• ground water

What is ground water?

• Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Water that fills the oceans and lakes.

• What that evaporates from rivers, lakes, and oceans.

• Water that flows.

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is a(n) _____________________.

• artisian well

• geyser

• aquifer

• lake

The image is an example of a ______________.

• artesian well

• geyser

• lake

• aquifer

What are the 3 major steps of the water cycle?

• runoff, precipitation, evaporation

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation

• saturation, precipitation, liquification

• irrigation, evaporation, condensation

What is a wavelength?

• The horizontal distance between wave crests

• The highest point of the wave

• The lowest point of the wave

• The amount of energy a wave carries

The measure of dissolved salts in water

• acidity

• oxygenation

• salinity

• saturation

In the __________________ the ocean temperature is most affected by the sunlight.

• middle zone

• surface zone

• deep zone

• transition zone

As the water gets deeper, which of the following DOES NOT happen?

• pressure increases

• temperature decreases

• light decreases

• pressure decreases