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Where does most fresh water exist?
ice caps, lakes, and streams
glaciers, rivers, and oceans
aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.An area of land that drains into a body of water.mouthpoint-source pollutionwatershedheadwaters
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The change of water from a liquid to a gas.evaporationprecipitationcondensationtranspiration
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How much of the earth's water is freshwater?50 %3 %97 %93 %
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Aquifers store ____ water.groundlakeoceanglacier
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Study the graph below. Where is most of the Earth's water located?
Rivers and Lakes
Glaciers and Icecaps
Oceans
Groundwater
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.It is surface water.It is underground.
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.All the water on, in , and surrounding the earthAtmosphereHydrosphereBiosphereLithosphere
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which of these is an example of precipitation?snowaircloudsvapor
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phase change from solid directly to a gas, like when water leaves glaciers to clouds
Sublimation
Transpiration
Permeable
Infiltration
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Which of the following phase changes releases energy?
Melting
Precipitation
Evaporation
Sublimation
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Large bodies of water do not change temperature easily. Why? (Hint: Why does a swimming pool feel warmer at night?)
Water is a solvent.
Water has a high heat capacity.
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What two elements make up water?
Helium and oxygen
Hydrogen and oxygen
Oxygen and carbon
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.A molecule with electrically charged areas is called a _______________.magnetpolar moleculeelectrical molecule
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.What properties of water allows water to travel up the stems of plants in a process called capillary action?Adhesion and CohesionCohesion and Solubility