Water Distribution

Which source of freshwater is not easily available for human use?

• oceans
• freshwater lakes
• rivers
• icecaps/glaciers

Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?

• 3% freshwater, 97% salt water
• 97% freshwater, 3% salt water
• 71% freshwater, 29% salt water
• 29% freshwater, 71% salt water

What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow

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Most of Earth's fresh water is found

• Frozen in glaciers
• Underground
• In the Great Lakes
• In Oceans

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What percentage of water on Earth is salt water?

• 55
• 71
• 84
• 97

A large body of salt water is called a(n)

• estuary
• lake
• ocean
• pond

Layers of rock or soil that allow water to flow through are called...

• aquifers
• lakes
• reservoirs
• watersheds

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What is the main source of groundwater?

• morning dew collecting on the surface of shrubs and grasses

• saltwater flowing into fault lines at the ocean floor

• precipitation seeping through pores and cracks in the ground

• precipitation falling into man-made wells

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Most of the Earth is covered in

• Fresh water

• Salt water

• Rivers

• Lakes

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A lake that stores water for human use. 

• pond
• stream
• reservoir
• sea

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