14.1 Water Planet Quizziz Review

Freshwater is a ___________ resource

• renewable

• non-renewable

• regenerative

• energetic

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About 97.5% of Earth’s water is

• salt water
• freshwater

• ice

• in mountains

(a)    is water that is relatively pure, with few dissolved salts.

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More than _________ of the freshwater on Earth is ______, the rest is liquid.

• half, frozen

• 75%, salty

• 75%, frozen

• half, salty

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Fresh water is distributed in both time and space.

• equally

• unequally

• more information needed

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Why is liquid freshwater considered a limited resource?

• There are no factors affecting the availability of freshwater
• Freshwater is abundant and easily replenished
• Freshwater is only a small percentage of the Earth's total water, and various factors are depleting this resource.
• Freshwater is evenly distributed across the globe

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Why does the available amount of water per person differ between different regions?

• Water consumption habits of the population
• Historical water availability
• depends on population density in that area and the time of year

• Government funding for water projects

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Water that flows over land and has not been absorbed into the ground is called _____

• ocean water

• runoff

• groundwater

• tributaries

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All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system is called a

• glacier

• river

• watershed

• tributaries

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Why does effective watershed management require the cooperation of everyone in the watershed?

• Watersheds cover huge areas. If anyone within the watershed pollutes it, it affects the entire watershed.

  
  

• Because the watershed management can be successful without community participation
• Because it only requires the involvement of a few key individuals
• Because it is more efficient to have one person in charge of all decisions

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