Earth's Water Review

Fresh water is

• the process of water turning into gas

• water vapor that turns into water

• water that contains little or no dissolved salts

• clouds that form close to the ground

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Where can MOST of the Freshwater be found?

• glaciers

• rivers

• lakes

• rain

• aquifers

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Which word BEST describes SALINITY? (a synonym)

• water

• fresh

• ocean

• salt

What is Earth's major water storage, home to 97.5% of all water on Earth?

• rivers

• glaciers

• ocean

• lakes

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What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow

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Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

Which source of freshwater is not easily available for human use?

• oceans
• freshwater lakes
• rivers
• icecaps/glaciers

The majority of our DRINKING water comes from

• ice caps and glaciers

• groundwater

• lakes and rivers

• the ocean

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Less than _____ % of Earth's total water supply is useable.

A large body of salt water is called a(n)

• estuary
• lake
• ocean
• pond