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The water cycle describes the movement of the water of Earth. About 97% of the water of Earth is the salt water found in the oceans while the remaining 3% is fresh water. Where would the majority of the fresh water on Earth be found?

• groundwater and aquifers

• swamps and wetlands

• ice caps and glaciers

• lakes and rivers

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What do we call FRESH water that lies beneath the Earth's surface?

• groundwater

• lake

• river

• spring

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How much of the Earth is covered by water?

• one-fourth

• one-half

• three-fourths

• five-sixths

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Oceans cover approximately what percentage of our planet?

• 15%

• 35%

• 50%

• 75%

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Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?

• in the ground

• in the atmosphere

• in lakes and rivers

• in glaciers and icecaps

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When Earth is seen from outer space, it looks mainly blue. This is because most of Earth is covered with -

• ice

• mountains

• oceans

• deserts

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In the water cycle, water can be converted from a liquid to a gas through evaporation. There are many places that this can happen.

The largest amount of water on Earth will evaporate over ______

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What percentage of Earth’s water is freshwater?

• 75%

• 3%

• 1%

• 97%

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What is a drought?

• Shortage/deficiency of water

• Too much precipiation

• Too much people using water

• Strong winds

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The graph shows the distribution of the freshwater resources of Earth. Based on the date in this graph, which of these sources of fresh water corresponds to Source 1?

• atmospheric water

• surface water

• frozen water

• groundwater

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