The Water Cycle
Surface Water
Freshwater
Distribution of Earth's Water
Spheres Review Questions
100
In which step of the water cycle does water return to earth surface?
What is Precipitation.
100
What percent of freshwater is surface water?
What is 0.3%
100
What percentage of Earth's water is freshwater?
What is 3%
100
What is the percentage of salt water on Earth?
What is 97%
100
Sometimes fires burn down large areas of forests that are part of the biosphere. Which of Earth’s other system is MOST likely to be affected? A.geosphere B. cryosphere C. atmosphere D. hydrosphere
What is C? Atmosphere
200
What 3 major steps make up the water cycle?
What is Water evaporates, condensation forms clouds, water fall as precipitation.
200
What percent of surface water is tied up in rivers?
What is 2%
200
What percentage of Earth's freshwater is tied up in glaciers and underground?
What is 2%
200
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called ______________.
What is Ground Water.
200
Which of these parts of the Earth system are interacting when Florida’s orange trees grow? A. Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere B. Geosphere, cryosphere,& atmosphere C. Biosphere, hydrosphere, & cryosphere D. Cryosphere, atmosphere, & hydrosphere
What is A? Biosphere, hydrosphere, & atmosphere
300
Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet is called _____________.
What is Precipitation.
300
What percent of surface water is in swamps?
What is 11%
300
What percent of Earth's freshwater is actually available to drink?
What is 1%
300
True or False. Far more fresh water is found in lakes and rivers than underground water.
What is False.
300
What sphere does the cryosphere share most of it's mass with?
What is the hydrosphere?
400
The process when the water is given off through the leaves as water vapor is called _____________.
What is Transpiration.
400
What percent of surface water is in lakes?
What is 87%
400
Of the 3% of freshwater, what percent is in icecaps and glaciers?
What is 68.7%
400
What's the percentage of fresh water in underground?
What is 30.1%
400
The biosphere consists of all things on earth that are what?
What are living organisms?
500
How old is the water we use every day ?
What is billions of years.
500
How much more water is found in the ground than on the surface ?
What is 29.8% more.
500
Of the 3% of freshwater how much is in rivers, swamps, and lakes?
What is 0.9%
500
True or False. The 3 percent of Earth's fresh water is available for human to use.
What is False.
500
What spheres does water enter when it changes it's state of matter?
What is Ice in cryosphere and vapor in atmosphere
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