SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER 2025

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WATER ON EARTH IS FRESHWATER?

• 2.5%
• 10%
• 5%
• 1%

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WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE WATER FRESHWATER IS IN ICE?

• 68.7%
• 80%
• 50%
• 74%

WHAT HAPPENS TO WATER WHEN IT RAINS?

• Water evaporates into the air, flows into bodies of water.

• Water is absorbed by the ground, or flows into bodies of water.

• Water turns into ice, flows into bodies of water.

• Water disappears completely

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The picture shows bends in a river as it flows over land - this river feature is called a (a)   .

• Oxbow Lake
• Meander
• Estuary
• Tributary

The picture shows the point where a river meets a larger body of water, such as an ocean. What river feature is this?

• Headwaters

• Meander

• Levee

• Mouth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river source or headwaters are:

• the beginning of a river

• the middle of a river

• the end of a river

• a tributary of a river

How should #1 be labeled?

• source

• delta

• tributary

• watershed

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How should #2 be labeled?

• ocean

• watershed

• delta

• meander

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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How should #4 be labeled?

• source

• watershed

• delta

• tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these processes in the water cycle can happen as water is hitting the ground?

• sublimation
• precipitation
• condensation
• infiltration

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