ES: Ch. 5 Sec. 2

____________ contains little to no dissolved elements.

• salt water

• freshwater

Of all the _________ water has the highest surface tension, or ability to stick to itself.

• liquids

• solids

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

A __________ forms when groundwater and steam blast out of a hole in the earth's surface.

• Spring

• Geyser

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

__________ contain most of the surface's freshwater.

• lakes

• rivers

Almost 75 percent of the earth's freshwater is frozen in ___________.

• springs

• glaciers

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Industries and farmers use salt water to make products and to grow crops.

• true

• false

Only 3 percent of the earth's water is freshwater.

• true

• false

Water is one of the few substances that exists as a liquid, solid, and gas within the range of temperatures normally found on earth.

• true

• false

A reservoir is a natural lake.

• true

• false

Surface tension is the ability something has to stick to itself.

• true

• false