Water Resources and Water Use

From greatest to least, rank the primary uses of fresh water around the world.

• personal, industry, agriculture

• industry, agriculture, personal

• agriculture, industry, personal

• industry, personal, agriculture

In the United States, most of the fresh water we use—about 74 percent of it—comes from

• surface water sources.

• aquatic supplies.

• aquifers.

• the ocean.

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Groundwater is primarily used for

• industrial uses.

• irrigation.

• personal uses.

• drinking water.

As a natural resource, freshwater is

• renewable.

• nonrenewable.

• unlimited.

• unusable.

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All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system is included in a(n)

• aquifer.

• water table.

• watershed.

• recharge zone.

To help regulate river flow and to build a stable supply of water, engineers build

• aquifers.

• water tables.

• dams.

• wells.

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What type of system targets individual plants and introduces water directly into the soil?

• desalination

• reverse osmosis

• waterlogging

• drip irrigation

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What are aquifers?

• hold potable water above ground.

• water found in Earth's streams, rivers and lakes

• reservoirs of water maintained by dams

• underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains safe, clean fresh water

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water that has been used in households, businesses, industries, or public facilities and drained or flushed down the pipes, as well as the polluted runoff from streets and storm drains

• wastewater

• point-source pollution

• nonpoint-source pollution

• pathogen

all of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system

• watershed

• reservoir

• aquifer

• water table