Hydrology Part 1

What percent of the Earth is land?

• 79%

• 21%

• 97%

• 0%

What percent of Earth is water?

• 79%

• 21%

• 40%

• 3%

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Most of Earth's FRESHWATER is in the form of ________.

• lakes

• oceans

• ice

• swamps

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Freshwater can be found in _____. (Select 3 answers)

• lakes

• the atmosphere

• in oceans

• in aquifers

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An aquifer is an example of _________.

• groundwater

• saltwater

• mechanical weathering

• a glacier

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TRUE OR FALSE: About 70% of freshwater on Earth is not useable by humans because it is frozen.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Rocks and soil that have been frozen for 2 or more years is called _______.

• permafrost

• aquifers

• saltwater

• swamps

Water found in oceans that is not drinkable for humans is called ______

• freshwater

• saltwater

• aquifers

• groundwater

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Freshwater lakes, rivers, streams, and moraines are considered _________ because they are above ground.

• surface water

• ground water

• salt water

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_______________ is freshwater stored underground in the spaces and cracks between soil and rocks where rain and melted snow soak in.

• groundwater

• saltwater

• evaporation

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