10 Facts about Water/Dwindling Water Newsela Quiz

Fresh water is extremely rare. Less than one-thirtieth of all the water found on Earth is ​ (a)  

• Fresh water
• Salt water
• purified water

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Most of Earth's freshwater is locked away in the form of ​ (a)   . It is found in ​ (b)   and polar ​ (c)   .

• ice
• glaciers
• ice caps
• bears

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Three-tenths of Earth's ​ (a)   water is under the surface in the form of ​ (b)   water.

• fresh
• ground

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Many populations _________access to safe drinking water.

• do not have

• do have

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Populations drinking dirty water are more likely to become ​ (a)   . Populations still without clean water are found mostly in ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

• sick
• Africa
• Asia
• South America
• North America
• Europe
• Healthy

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About seven-tenths of the world's fresh water is used for _______.

• living

• fishing

• farming

• cooking

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In the future, demand for fresh water will only ______ as populations _____.

• Increase

• Die

• Decrease

• Grow

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Water is a _____, _____, _____ and _______ liquid.

• Odorless

• Tasteless

• Clear

• Colorless

Water is one of the most ​ (a)   substances on Earth and covers ​ (b)   , or ​ (c)   , of the planet's surface

• common
• 70 percent
• seven-tenths
• 30 percent
• rare

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Water is a necessary ingredient for life to begin and to continue.

• True

• False

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