6.4-Water Resources - 1

Earth is known as the ____ planet.

• Dry

• Acidic

• Water

• Desert

Living things rely on ____ of the total water.

• Half

• One-tenth

• A fraction

• The majority

Most water on Earth is ____ water.

• Fresh

• Salt

• Frozen

• Boiling

Freshwater is found only as ____ or ____.

• Oceans, seas

• Rivers, oceans

• Surface water, ice

Water is a ____ resource, which means there is a finite amount of it on Earth.

• Renewable

• Recyclable

• Limited

• Infinite

The ____ circulates water through Earth's Ocean and other bodies of water on and below its surface.

• Hydrogen cycle

• Water cycle

• Atmospheric cycle

• Evaporation cycle

A tiny amount of the freshwater on Earth is in the ____.

• Soil

• Oceans

• Atmosphere

• Lakes

Most of the freshwater is locked up as ice at the poles and ____.

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Glaciers

• Oceans

A very small amount of freshwater is available on the Earth's surface for human use in ____ and ____.

• Oceans, seas

• Lakes, rivers

• Clouds, snow

• Mountains, valleys

Some surface water is found as moisture on top of the ____.

• Soil

• Rock layers

• Houses