Earth's Water

Name the process bellow.

Solar energy warms the ocean surface causing liquid water to change to a gas.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Water permeates in to the soil after it rains and becomes part of a town's ground water stores. This is an example of...

• infiltration

• precipitation

• run off

• condensation

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What is Earth's major water storage, home to 97.5% of all water on Earth?

• rivers

• glaciers

• ocean

• lakes

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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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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

Fresh water is

• the process of water turning into gas

• water vapor that turns into water

• water that contains little or no dissolved salts

• clouds that form close to the ground

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Where can MOST of the Freshwater be found?

• glaciers

• rivers

• lakes

• rain

• aquifers

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

• oceans

• freshwater lakes

• rivers

• icecaps/glaciers

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• sublimation

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What percentage of water on Earth is salt water?

• 55

• 71

• 84

• 97