Water on Earth Quiz

What is the name of the process where melted snow and ice seeps into the ground?

• Percolation

• Capillarity

• Currents

• Reservoir

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What is the term for a lake used to give water to a city?

• Habitat

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Reservoir

Approximately what fraction of earth is covered by water?

• 1/2

• 1/4

• 3/4

• 3/5

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Most of world's water is located in Earth's ______

• Glaciers

• Oceans

• Rivers

• Lakes

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There is more freshwater located in glaciers than in all the lakes of the world.

• True

• False

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An underground layer of clay and rock that traps water is called a(n)

• reservoir

• estuary

• aquifer

• wetland

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