water on earth

Most of the water on Earth is __________.

• fresh water

• ground water

• salty water

• standing water

The ___________ is the movement of water between Earth's geosphere and its atmosphere.

• air

• water cycle

• precipitation

• ocean

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Salinity is the measure of how salty water is.

• True

• False

Most of Earth's freshwater is found ...

• in rivers

• frozen in the form of snow, glaciers, and ice caps

• in groundwater stored in cracks and spaces of soil and underground rock

• in lakes

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9.what is an example of salt water ?

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Which water form does not have any salt

• Rain water

• Ocean water

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The relatively thin layer of water covering the lithosphere is called?

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

• Mesophere

• Lithosphere

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Which of the following are not characteristics of the hydrosphere?

• 1.Forms a thin layer

• 2. Covers majority of the lithosphere

• 3. Composed primarily of rock

• 4. Interacts with the atmosphere

• 5. Is brittle and rigid

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Which of the following happens when the polar ice cap melts?

• Sea level rise

• Sea level fall

• Temperature drops

• Tectonic plates move.

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Which statement best describes the connection between oceans and aquifers?

• Water evaporates from oceans into the atmosphere where it collects and falls as precipitation, infiltrating the ground to refill aquifers.

• Water condenses from oceans into the atmosphere where it collects and falls as evaporation, infiltrating the ground to refill aquifers.

• Water transpires from oceans into the atmosphere where it collects and falls as precipitation, evaporating into the ground to refill aquifers.

• Water infiltrates from oceans into the atmosphere where it collects and falls as transpiration, condensing into the ground to refill aquifers.

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