Unit 5 Water review

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

• 70%

• 30%

• 3%

• 97%

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Most of Earth's fresh water is found in

• huge masses of ice near the ice caps

• the oceans

• cracks and spaces underground

• rivers and lakes

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What percentage of Earth's surface is covered by water?

• 97%

• 3%

• 70%

• 92%

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The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change into a gas is called...

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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The process by which plants release water into the air is called...

• Tranpsiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

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The total amount of water in Earth is...

• unchanging

• increasing

• decreasing

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Sources of salt water on Earth include ice, rivers, lakes, and groundwater

• True

• False

The energy from the water cycle originally comes from the Sun.

• True

• False

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Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into water droplets.

• True

• False

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Rain that falls on a steep, paved street during a thunderstorm will most likely become...

• Groundwater

• Spring

• Runoff

• Reservoir