Where Is the Water

What is the hydrosphere?

• The water I drink at home

• The sum of the seas and oceans

• All the water on the Earth's surface, groundwater and vapour water

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Groundwater is...

• The water under the Earth's surface

• The water that forms the clouds

• The water of the swimming pool

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What is the name of the frozen water on Earth?

• Aquifer

• Hydrosphere

• Ice caps

• Spring

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Where does runoff eventually go?

• groundwater

• oceans

• evaporation

• precipitation

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Where is the majority of Earth's freshwater located?

• In rivers and lakes

• In glaciers and ice caps

• In the atmosphere

• In underground aquifers

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What is the process called when water from plants is released into the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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Which of the following is a major source of water pollution?

• Agricultural runoff

• Wind erosion

• Solar radiation

• Photosynthesis

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What percentage of the Earth's water is freshwater?

• 97%

• 50%

• 3%

• 10%

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Which layer of the Earth contains the most water?

• Crust

• Mantle

• Outer core

• Inner core

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What is the term for water that flows over the ground surface?

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Percolation

• Transpiration

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