WorksheetsEarth's Water
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 48mins
How much of the water on Earth is salt water?
1%
50%
97%
3%
____________ are made up of salt water.
Rivers
Streams
Lakes
Oceans
What is the process by which plants give off water vapor into the air through their leaves?
evaporation
transpiration
precipitation
condensation
______ is the cooling and changing of a gas into a liquid.
Evaporation
Melting
Freezing
Condensation
Water come from the sky back to the earth as ____________. This includes hail, mist, rain, sleet, and snow.
precipitation
transpiration
evaporation
condensation
Water that soaks into the ground and is stored there is called ___________.
sleet
salt water
groundwater
precipitation
Pollution comes from industrial waste such as ____________.
opening windows
solar heat
dumping contaminants
workers cutting wood
How could water runoff from farmlands cause water pollution?
The runoff contains dirt.
The runoff can contain pesticides and fertilizer.
The runoff is usually heated.
The water is old and used.
_____ in the ocean are created by the gravitational pull between Earth and the Moon.
Hurricanes
Volcanoes
Tides
Earthquakes
Water pollution occurs when water is __________ harmful substances.
excused from
shielded with
protected from
contaminated with
The _______ is the constant movement of Earth's water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.
rainfall amount
water cycle
humidity level
air pressure
__________ are a type of glacier that cover land in a thick layer of ice and snow.
Ice caps
Icebergs
Avalanches
Snow chips
Salt water is not usable water for humans' survival because ______________.
it is too dirty
we cannot drink it or use it for crops
it is too cold
fish swim in it
The oceans of the world are: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and _______________.
Arctic
American
Northern
African
_________ of Earth's surface is covered by water.
One-third
Three-quarters
One-half
All
What is fresh water?
water containing a lot of salt
cold water containing fish
water containing only a small amount of salt
water in the ocean
The sun powers the water cycle because ____________ is what keeps the cycle going.
cold
rain
heat
snow
In different stages of the water cycle, water may be a solid, liquid, or ______.
gas
ice
rain
snow
Which is an example of evaporation?
ice cube melting
lake freezing
puddle drying up on a hot day
rain falling from clouds
What is the changing of a liquid into a gas?
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
freezing
What percentage of water on Earth is usable fresh water found in groundwater, lakes, rivers, and streams?
1%
25%
50%
75%
Glaciers store about __________ of the world's fresh water.
75%
25%
10%
2%
_______ are the periodic rising and falling of the surface of the ocean.
Salt tide and fresh tide
High tide and low tide
East current and west current
Salt current and fresh current
What keeps our oceans in constant motion and moves large amount of water far distances?
ocean currents
ocean waves
ocean fish
the salt in oceans
