Earth's Water Distribution

Earth's Water Distribution

5th Grade

15 Qs

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Earth's Water Distribution

Earth's Water Distribution

Assessment

Quiz

Science

5th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS2-1

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Approximately 30% of the Earth’s freshwater is stored in –

lakes

streams

groundwater

living things

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Of all of the freshwater on Earth, most of it is found in –

lakes

streams

wetlands

glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Earth has

more freshwater than saltwater

more saltwater than freshwater

unknown amounts of saltwater and freshwater

the same amounts of saltwater and freshwater

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which is a shared characteristic of all the locations marked by stars on the map?

glacier locations

saltwater sources

volcano hot spots

Earth's highest points

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Fresh water is water that is not salty. The graph below shows three ways fresh water is found on Earth: as ice, as groundwater, and as water above ground.

Asia

Africa

Australia

Antarctica

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Most of the Earth's water is in

salty oceans

freshwater lakes

freshwater ponds

glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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