Water Cylce

The 3 states of water are

• Solid, gas, liquid

• Hard, soft, light

• Transpiration, Condensation, precipitation

What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered in water?

• 89%

• 92%

• 71%

• 63%

What percentage of water on Earth is salt water?

• 97%

• 60%

• 92%

• 43%

Freshwater resources can be store as

• Liquid groundwater

• Oceans

• Solid icecaps and glaciers

• liquid, solid and gas precipitation

Which of the following is not an example of a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Water

• Soil

• Trees

Which of the following is a continuous resource?

• solar

• trees

• soil

Much of the Australian continent is dry. It is only the northern, eastern and south-western coastal regions that receive good annual rainfall.

• True

• False

Australia does not have the lowest volume of water in rivers and the smallest number of wetlands of any continent except for Antarctica

• True

• False

When water soaks into the ground it is called

• Precipitation

• Run off

• Infiltration

What stage of the water cycle is missing?

1. evaporation

2. transpiration

3. condensation

4. run off

5. infiltration