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WorksheetsFresh Water
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Fresh water makes up what percent of the Earth's water?
a)
5%
b)
10%
c)
4%
d)
3%
2.
Most of the Fresh water on Earth is
a)
in the ocean
b)
underground
c)
frozen
d)
in rivers
3.
Fresh water gathers in depressions in the ground. These are called
a)
Lakes
b)
Oceans
c)
Glaciers
d)
the polar cap
4.
A watershed is an
a)
area that drains into a stream or river
b)
section of land that juts into the ocean
c)
the shoreline of the ocean
d)
the end of a continent
5.
Which three words have the same meaning of an area of the ocean partially enclosed by land?
a)
watershed, cliff, valley
b)
gulf, bay, sea
c)
water table, aquifer, glacier
d)
delta, beach,shoreline
6.
Which ocean is our largest ocean?
a)
Artic
b)
Indian
c)
Atlantic
d)
Pacific
7.
What is the name of a large section of land that juts out into the ocean?
a)
Beach
b)
Peninsula
c)
Shoreline
d)
Harbor
8.
The largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth is found in
a)
glaciers
b)
harbors
c)
gulfs
d)
bays
9.
Saltwater makes up what percent of the water on Earth?
a)
65%
b)
70%
c)
755
75
5
5%
75
5
5%
d)
75%
10.
'What is happening to the amount of groundwater in the largest aquifer in the United States found under the Great Plains and stretching from South Dakota to Texas?
a)
it is polluted
b)
it is shrinking
c)
it is expanding
d)
it is gone
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