Hydrology Test

Planet Earth is ________________% water and ______________ % land

• 70%, 30%

• 98%, 2%

• 97%, 3%

• 30%, 70%

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What percentage of Earth's water is freshwater?

• 20%

• less than 1%

• 3%

• 70%

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From smallest to largest, the amounts of water on Earth are:

• salt water, solid fresh water, liquid fresh water

• liquid fresh water, solid fresh water, salt water

• ground water, salt water, solid fresh water

• salt water, liquid fresh water, ground water

Where is most of Earth's Freshwater found?

• Ice Caps at the North and South Poles

• Aquifers

• Rivers and Lakes

• The Ocean

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A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.

• peninsula

• tributary

• groundwater

• watershed

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It is the study of the Earth's Water Resources

• Oceanography

• The Water Cycle

• Hydrology

• Chemistry

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A rock’s ability to allow the flow of water through it is called

• permeability

• porosity

• recharge

• distribution

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In the study of water bodies, the term "Hydrology" implies the study of ____ based on the prefix "Hydro".

• ground

• water

• life

• air

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An estuary is an area where-

• there is only fresh water

• there is only salt water

• pond water and river water mix

• fresh water and salt water mix

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What percent of water on earth is FRESH WATER?

• 97.5%

• 2.5%

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