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WorksheetsES Unit 8.1 Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which percent represents all freshwater on Earth?
97%
15%
3%
50%
Which percent accurately represents all saltwater on Earth?
97%
3%
50%
75%
Where is most freshwater located?
Groundwater
Lakes & rivers
Swamps
Frozen in Icecaps/glaciers
Where is the second largest reservoir of freshwater?
Lakes & rivers
Swamps
Groundwater
Frozen in icecaps/glaciers
Where reservoir is most usable by humans?
Lakes & rivers
Swamps
Groundwater
Frozen in icecaps/glaciers
How can saltwater be turned into freshwater?
Hydraulic fracturing
Kempt distillation
Repeated freezing & thawing
Desalinization
Which of the following is not a use of oceans?
Recreation
Drinking water
Fishing
Transport of materials
Which of the following is water that is readily usable for humans (think drinking water)?
Surface water
Groundwater
Oceans
Icecaps
How does the US use most of its freshwater?
Agriculture
Industry
Energy Generation
Municipal
What is the second largest use of freshwater in the US?
Agriculture
Industry
Energy Generation
Municipal
Which describes water that is used in cities?
Agriculture
Industry
Energy Generation
Municipal
Which of the following is not a top three use of residential water?
Cooking
Toilets
Showers
Faucets
How is groundwater accessed?
Dams are used to hold water
Water wells drill deep into the Earth
Hydraulic fracturing lifts water to the surface
Pressure wells squeeze water from the Earth
Groundwater is also known as -
Reservoirs
Aquifers
Cave shallows
Porous materials
Dams are used on rivers to create -
Smaller rivers
Chaos
Aquifers
Reservoirs
Which of the following is not an example of surface water?
Groundwater
Rivers
Lakes
Reservoirs
Which of the following represents freshwater held in icecaps/glaciers?
68.9%
75%
30.1%
3%
Which of the following represents freshwater that is surface water?
68.9%
75%
30.1%
0.3%
What percent of the Earth is water?
97%
3%
71%
29%
Which process has recycled water throughout the entire history of our planet?
None - freshwater is brought in by comets
None - we are slowly running out of water as we continue to consume it
Periodic episodes of new water generation underground
The water cycle
