Water on Earth

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called

• saltwater

• groundwater

• rainwater

• evaporation

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Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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Which of the following is a location of freshwater?

• iceberg

• groundwater

• lake

• all of these

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Water allows an organism to…

• grow

• reproduce

• breakdown food

• all of these

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Wetlands provide ______for many living things because of their sheltered waters

• habitat

• lack of insects

• thick layer of mud

• ability to prevent floods

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Part of the water cycle when water changes from water vapor into liquid water_________

• condensation

• transpiration

• run off

• none of these

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The earth’s built in recycling system where water moves from the surface to the atmosphere and back again_____________

• condensation

• water cycle

• transpiration

• none of these

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A ridge of land that separates a watershed is called a(n) _

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

• divide

Water that is released from the plant’s leaves is called _

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

• none of these

true or false: Sources of salt water on Earth include ice, rivers, lakes, and groundwater.

• true

• false