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WorksheetsWater everywhere
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why is fresh water a limited resource?
It isn't because it is a renewable resource.
97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink.
Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes.
Most freshwater is stored in _______.
ground
glaciers
sea
Where is 97% of Earth's water is stored?
Glaciers
Ground
Sea
Earth is NOT the only planet in the Solar system with liquid water.
True
False
When land is dry, farmers bring water from rivers and lakes to their fields. This special kind of watering is called (a) .
Some crops need more water to grow than others. _______ for example.
Rice and olives
Olives and apples
oranges and wheat
rice and cotton
Some crops need only a little water. For example, _______.
rice and cotton
Olives and oranges
Cotton and olives
Oranges and rice
Where is most of Earth's water located?
polar ice caps
oceans
groundwater
atmosphere
Above ground areas that have freshwater available for humans to use are called __________.
aquifers
tributaries
reservoirs
Approximately _______ percent of Earth's water is freshwater.
97
3
1
10
Approximately what percent of Earth's water is salt water?
3
79
70
97
When ice flows down the mountain like slow-moving rivers, they are called _____.
tributaries
glaciers
channel
meanders
The largest ocean is the (a) .
The largest sea is the (a) .
Most ice in the North and South poles are in huge sheets called _________
glaciers
freshwater ice
polar ice caps
If all of the water on Earth is put in a gallon bottle, freshwater is only in a _____.
spoon
teaspoon
a litre bottle
Lake Baikal in Russia contains about _____ of freshwater in the world.
one fifth
one third
one sixth
one seventh
What is the name of the freshwater seal that lives in Lake Baikal?
walrus
nerpa
sea lion
Lake Chad is very near to a desert. What is the name of the desert?
Atacama
Gobi
Sahara
Thar
The Addax antelope lives in the Sahara desert. They could survive as they are able to adapt by _____.
changing hair colour
changing skin
hibernation
camouflage
