Fresh Water Practice Test

Any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called ______

• a gutter

• a watershed

• an aquifer

• a sponge

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The addition of any substance to water that has a negative effect on living things is called

• water pollution

• water conservation

• water recycling

• air pollution

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The practice of using less of a resource so that it will not be used up - like factories when they reuse or recycle water used to cool machinery is called ______

• pollution

• permeable

• conservation

• precipitation

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The is the continuous process by which water moves from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.

• water pollution

• rock cycle

• water conservation

• water cycle

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The water cycle is driven by the energy source from the _______

• rivers

• Sun

• oceans

• glaciers

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The total amount of water on Earth

• is increasing

• is fairly constant

• is decreasing

• depends on the weather

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_____ cover about 70-75% of our planet's surface which is why Earth is often called the "water planet"

• glaciers

• fresh water

• oceans

• lakes

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Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

• 3

• 70

• 97

• 30

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Of the fresh water found on Earth, where can most of that fresh water be found?

• lakes

• rivers

• marshes

• glaciers or ice

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______ is the process when liquid water changes to a gas called water vapor.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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