Water Distribution on Earth

_____ and _____ are sources of running freshwater.

• oceans and rivers

• seas and streams

• streams and rivers

• seas and oceans

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All the water found on Earth makes up the ______.

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• geosphere

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A reservoir is an artificial _____ built for storage of ____.

• wetland, water

• river, water

• stream, water

• lake, water

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About ____ of Earth's surface water is salt water.

• 96%

• 97%

• 98%

• 99%

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When water seeps into soil, it enters groundwater _______, or underground layers of rock or soil that water can pass through.

• aquifers

• streams

• rivers

• seas

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____ and _____ are bodies of standing freshwater.

• seas and rivers

• rivers and stream

• lakes and reservoirs

• seas and oceans

A ____ is a thick sheet of ice.

• ice cap

• glacier

• reservoir

• aquifer

_____ is the process of water being stored on Earth's surface, in the ground, or as a water feature.

• glacier

• aquifer

• reservoir

• storage

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Frozen water accounts for about ____ of Earth's freshwater.

• 69%

• 68%

• 67%

• 66%

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A tiny bit of Earth's water is found in the atmosphere as ____.

• ice cap

• water vapor

• glacier

• groundwater

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