Unit 8 Water Cycle and Water Distribution

Planet Earth is ________________% water and ______________ % land

• 97%, 3%
• 70%, 30%

• 60%, 40%

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From largest to smallest, the amounts of water on Earth are:

• liquid fresh water, solid fresh water, salt water
• salt water, solid fresh water, liquid fresh water
• salt water, liquid fresh water, ground water
• ground water, salt water, solid fresh water

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Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater?

• 97%
• 70%
• 30%
• 3%

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Most of Earth’s freshwater is found in

• huge masses of ice near the North and South Poles.
• cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock
• the oceans.
• rivers and lakes.

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Which source supplies most of your useable (drinking) water?

• lakes and rivers
• groundwater
• ice caps and glaciers
• the oceans

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Which statements are true? (choose all that apply)

• Most of Earth's surface is made up of landmasses.
• Most of Earth's freshwater supply is not useable because its stored underground
• Most of Earth's freshwater supply is not useable because its frozen in glaciers and ice caps
• Most of Earth's water is salt water and is not useable for drinking.

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What percentage of Earth's total water supply is available for human use?

• 70%
• 30%
• 3%
• less than 1%

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The continuous process by which water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment is called the

• water cycle.
• evaporation cycle.
• rock cycle.
• carbon cycle.

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If you let your hair air-dry after going swimming or after showering, you are taking advantage of

• evaporation.
• condensation.
• melting.
• freezing.

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

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• transpiration

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