How is the term “reservoir” used to describe water in Earth systems?

• The movement of water
• Purification of water
• A place where water is found
• The water stored behind a dam

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In which water reservoir can water spend the most time?

• Groundwater
• Swamps
• Biospheric Water
• Soil Moisture

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How does the sun move water?

• it allows condensation to occur
• it evaporates water into the air
• it heats the land
• it allows water to dissolve substances

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How do plants contribute to the water cycle?

• plants store water and release it through transpiration
• plants remove water from the air and make it into food
• plants are an important source of new water for clouds
• plants need water to grow but do not release it later

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A raindrop striking Earth’s surface may go several places. When will it sink into the soil?

• When it lands on a steep slope
• When the temperature is high
• When it doesn’t reflect into the air
• When there is space between particles

Why must water be clean for people to drink?

• Dirty water can cause sickness/death
• Dirty water does not taste good
• Dirty water clogs pipes in homes
• Dirty water looks unattractive

Why is well water from deep underground sometimes clean enough for drinking?

• It has never been on the surface
• It has been filtered through layers of rock
• It is old and has not been in the water cycle
• It was not dirty before it went underground

What property of water allows it to form drops?

• Adhesion
• Precipitation
• Cohesion
• Condensation

Why is water easily polluted?

• There is more water than anything else
• It is found in the air and on land
• Many substances dissolve in it
• It is a substance with high density

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Which property makes water unusual?

• it is less dense as a solid
• it is transparent as a liquid
• it forms a gas at room temperature
• it cannot change from a solid to a gas