Earth Water Questions

More than 97% of Earth's total water supply is found in

• glaciers

• lakes

• the oceans

• groundwater

The energy that drives the water cycle comes from the _____?

• Sun

• Earth

• rain

• ocean

The process that produces water vapor from bodies of water is ________?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff

Huge, slow-moving mass of ice and snow

• glacier

• well

• geyser

• river system

Man-made hole drilled below the water table

• glacier

• well

• geyser

• river system

Type of hot spring that is forced out of cracks in the rock

• glacier

• well

• geyser

• river system

Collection of streams along with watershed that supply water to a system

• glacier

• well

• geyser

• river system

Layers of rock or sediment that holds water

• aquifer

• natural spring

• wetlands

• lake

Location where groundwater flows out of cracks in the rock

• aquifer

• natural spring

• wetlands

• lake

Area of land that is covered with shallow layer of water

• aquifer

• natural spring

• wetlands

• lake