Fresh Water on Earth

Water is needed by all living things need in order to carry out their body processes.

• true

• false

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Where is 97% of water found?

• salt water oceans

• fresh water oceans

• ponds and rivers

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Over 60% of fresh water on the earth's surface is

• Ice

• Rivers

• oceans

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In the ____________, water moves between land, living things, bodies of water of Earth's surface and the atmosphere.

• precipitation

• water cycle

• transpiration

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What is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state?

• transpiration

• precipitation

• evaporation

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The water given off through leaves as water vapor is a process called ______.

• condensation

• transpiration

• habitat

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When water falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet it is called...

• climate

• precipitation

• runoff

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Which one is NOT a source of fresh water

• water vapor and ice

• ground water

• lakes and rivers

• oceans and seas

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The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river are called

• the divide

• reservoir

• tributaries

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A river and all the streams and smaller rivers that flow into it together make up a

• water cycle

• river system

• reservoir