Unit 2 Part 1 Quiz Review

safe to drink

• hydrosphere

• potable

• evaporation

• scarcity

water located under the surface of the Earth

• precipitation

• evaporation

• groundwater

• saltwater

the process by which water changes from a liquid to gas or vapor

• precipitation

• condensation

• ground water

• evaporation

the total amount of water on a planet

• hydrosphere

• hemisphere

• biosphere

• ground water

the abnormal rise is seawater level during a storm

• scarcity

• precipitation

• salt water

• storm surge

the process of water vapor turning back into liquid water

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• hydrosphere

water released from clouds in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• ground water

the limited availability of a resource

• scarcity

• surplus

• storm surge

• sphere

About _________ of Earth's surface is covered with water

• 98%

• 71%

• 50%

• 85%

About ________ of the water on Earth is potable

• 70%

• 2.5%

• 20%

• 9%