Watery Planet: Mystery 1

What type of water makes up the oceans?

• fresh water

• frozen water

• salt water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rain is what type of water?

• fresh water

• frozen water

• salt water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

To determine how much water is on Earth you have to look at ___.

• area

• volume

• area and volume

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What percentage of the world's water is liquid freshwater?

• 90%

• 10%

• 1%

• 2%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What type of water is most abundant on Earth?

• fresh water

• salt water

• frozen water

Which of the following contains freshwater?

• an ocean

• a gulf

• a lake

True or False: Glaciers are made up of salt water?

• True

• False

Alice and Diego are friends who live in different parts of the world. Alice lives in Alaska where there are many frozen ice caps. Diego lives in Ontario, Canada, where there are large freshwater lakes. The graphs show the amounts of salt water, frozen fresh water, and fresh water where Alice lives and where Diego lives. Compare the information from the two graphs. Choose all the statements that are TRUE, there are 2 correct answers.

• There is more salt water than frozen fresh water where Alice lives. There is more frozen fresh water than fresh water where Diego lives.

• There is less salt water where Alice lives compared to the amount of salt water where Diego lives.

• There is at least 3 times more frozen fresh water than fresh water where Alice lives.

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Alice has more total fresh water where she lives, but Diego has more fresh water that is actually available to use (for drinking and washing his hands). Why is that?

• Alice does not have more fresh water where she lives.

• Most of the freshwater where Diego lives is frozen.

• Most of the fresh water where Alice lives is frozen and not available to drink.

• The fresh water in Alaska is not the same as the freshwater in Canada.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Zara lives in Europe. She is curious about the types of water covering the surface of the Earth where she lives. Use the bar graph she created to determine which statement is TRUE.

• There is at least 2 times more salt water than frozen fresh water where Zara lives.

• There is ½ as much fresh water as there is frozen fresh water where Zara lives.

• Most of the fresh water is stored in frozen ice caps (glaciers) where Zara lives.

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