Water that Fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called this
Groundwater
100
Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is fresh wateR?
3 percent
100
Most of Earth's fresh water is in the form of this
ice
100
Plants use water for this purpose
to make their own food
100
A lake that stores water for human use is called a
reservoir
200
3.29 X 18.6
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61.194
200
Marshes, bogs, and THIS are examples of freshwater wetlands
Swamps
200
Does land cover more of Earth's surface than oceans do?
NO
200
The water in ponds and lakes is
still
200
Water moves easily through these materials
Permeable
300
Wetlands provide habitats for many living things because of their sheltered waters and this?
Large supply of nutrients
300
Over many years, the levels of nutrients in a lake build up in the process of
Eutrophication
300
As water moves slowly through a wetland, some waste materials settle out, some wastes are absorbed by plants, and silt and mud is trapped by plant roots. In this way, wetlands act as natural what?
Filters
300
The area of soil in which the pores are totally filled with water is called this
saturated zone
300
The energy for the water cycle originally comes from where
The sun
400
A ridge of land that separates two watersheds is called what?
A divide
400
People can obtain groundwater by drilling a well into what?
An aquifer
400
35.51 X 87
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3089.37
400
11.96 divided by 1.84
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6.5
400
the streams and small rivers that feed into a main river are called this
tributaries
500
Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called this
Precipitation
500
The top of the saturated zone forms this
The water table
500
If Alex Gordon hit 33 homeruns half way thru the season but hits 55 total all year, what percent of of his total are the 33 homeruns?
60%
500
23.92 divided by 3.68
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6.5
500
Sources of THIS on Earth include: ice, rivers, lakes, and groundwater