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impact on water

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER?
a)
97.5%
b)
2.5%
2.

Most of Earth's fresh water is in which reservoir?

a)

ocean

b)

atmosphere

c)

glaciers

d)

groundwater

e)

surface water

3.

Choose all that apply:


Ground water is

a)

fresh

b)

salt water

c)

beneath the surface of the land

d)

frozen all the time

4.

A reservoir is

a)

what you do when you want to have dinner at a fancy place

b)

how you say "see you soon" in french

c)

someone who is shy

d)

a place on Earth where water is stored

5.

Where is most of Earth's Water?

a)

in glaciers

b)

in rivers

c)

in the ground

d)

in oceans

6.

The only place that water cannot be is

a)

in the air

b)

in the ground

c)

under the ground

d)

water can be everywhere

7.

Oceans store water for people to use, but we cannot drink the water because it is

a)

big bowls of water

b)

salty

c)

not cold enough to drink

d)

dirty

8.

Most of the water on Earth is salt water, if you poured all the water into large buckets, out of 100, how many would be fresh water?

a)

100

b)

97

c)

3

d)

0

9.

Most lakes, like Lake Erie where this lighthouse is located in my home town of Lorain Ohio are

a)

really cool.

b)

really hot.

c)

really huge.

d)

really fresh water.

10.

A lake that stores water for people is called a

a)

lake

b)

storage place

c)

reservoir

d)

great lake

11.

Water has power, where is one place that water power is used to produce electricity, like this one when we visited when I lived in Las Vegas?

a)

Dams

b)

schools

c)

shopping centers

d)

car washes

12.

Where is most of the fresh water on Earth stored?

a)

in your cities storage tanks

b)

in glaciers

c)

in bottled water

d)

in oceans

13.

Groundwater is water that is

a)

ground up

b)

flowing on the ground

c)

in the ground

d)

everywhere

14.
What is pollution?
a)
the release of harmful substances in the environment
b)
an increase in the growth of algae in a pond
15.

What are the two kinds of water that exist on Earth?

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saltwater

c)

Sugarwater

d)

Bluewater

16.

Saltwater makes up how much of the Earth's water supply?

a)

97%

b)

75%

c)

25%

d)

3%

17.

Oceans are

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saltwater

18.

Rivers are

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saltwater

19.

Lakes are

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saltwater

20.

Well water is

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saltwater

21.

Humans can only consume (drink)

a)

Freshwater

b)

Saltwater

22.

Salinity is the amount of salt in a body of water.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Where is most of Earth's freshwater found?

a)

in the ground

b)

in the atmosphere

c)

in lakes and rivers

d)

in glaciers and icecaps

24.

The pie chart above shows all of the ways that a certain town uses the local water supply. Which idea below would likely have the greatest impact on conserving water?

a)

Washing only full loads of laundry

b)

Watering plants and lawns wisely

c)

Turning off faucets while brushing teeth

d)

Taking shorter baths

25.
Keeping the water running when you brush your teeth wastes a lot of water.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Why do we need to conserve water?
a)
It is an unlimited resource. 
b)
It is a limited resource. 
c)
There is a lot of water. 
d)
There is no need to conserve water.
27.
Why is clean water important?
a)
All life on Earth depends on clean water to live and grow.
b)
We need clean water for recreational activities.
c)
We need bodies of water for transportation
d)
We need water to regulate the temperature on Earth.
28.
Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…
a)
watershed
b)
surface water
c)
groundwater
d)
water cycle
29.
What is the source of groundwater?
a)
rain, snow, melted glaciers
b)
ocean water
c)
icebergs
d)
water from fossilized animals
30.

Any form of water that is above or on the Earth's surface is called

a)

surface water

b)

potable

c)

groundwater

d)

reservoir

31.
One way that humans could have a positive impact on local environments is to:
a)
generate waste products as a result of technological advances
b)
use resources that are renewable
c)
increase planting large areas of one crop
d)
increase the use of pesticides