Hydrosphere Review

Most of Earth's water is found in...

• oceans

• rivers and lakes

• glaciers and ice caps

• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What percentage of Earth's water is FRESHWATER?

• 50%

• 3%

• 97%

• 10%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth NOT available for us to use?

• It's being held by the rich people for only their use

• It's underground

• It's frozen in the icecaps and glaciers

• It's too polluted for us to use

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What provides the energy for the hydrological cycle, otherwise known as the water cycle?

• the moon

• gravity

• the sun

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How much salt a body of water contains is known as its ...

• turbidity

• salinity

• pH

• convection current

Which is the best description of the water cycle?

• increases the useable supply of water

• reduces the useable supply of water

• reduces pollution in most of the water

• circulates existing water on Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When precipitation falls, some of it will run off into _______ that flow to the ocean.

• lakes

• rivers

• aquifers

• ponds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Permeability is...

• the amount of space between particles is so small that NO water can get through

• the amount of space between particles is enough so that water CAN get through

• how much water the oceans hold all together

• the amount of salt in a body of water

Which is our largest source of drinkable water?

• rivers

• lakes

• aquifers

• oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Precipitation that falls, but does not run off into the hydrosphere, is stored as...

• ground water

• evaporation

• bedrock

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4