Earth's Waters Review

Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is fresh water?

• 97 percent

• 71 percent

• 30 percent

• 3 percent

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Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called ____.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called ____.

• saltwater

• rainwater

• groundwater

• water vapor

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____ are the streams and small rivers that feed into a main river.

• watersheds

• tributaries

• divides

• wetlands

An aquifer is a(an) ____.

• underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water

• well in which water rises because of pressure

• type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts

• place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock

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The three major steps of the water cycle are ____.

• evaporation, abrasion, and precipitation

• irrigation, precipitation, and conservation

• evaporation, condensation, and precipitation

• saturation, evaporation, and liquification

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Plants use water to undergo photosynthesis. They also release water into the atmosphere. Plants contribute to which part of the water cycle?

• irrigation

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

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Salinity is a measure of ____ in water.

• oxygen

• salt

• chlorine

• hydrogen

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In which zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather?

• transition zone

• deep zone

• surface zone

• polar zone

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As you descend through the water column, ____.

• temperature decreases

• pressure decreases

• light increases

• density decreases