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Earth's Water - Quiz 1 / Complete Study Guide Questions & Definitive Answers / Already Graded A+/ 2025. _____________Quiz____________? Most of Earth's freshwater is _____. - Answer✓✓ Stored as ice. _____________Quiz____________? Most saltwater-use is to _____. - Answer✓✓ Generate Electricity. _____________Quiz____________? Which of the following statements is true? - Answer✓✓ Groundwater is the largest available source of freshwater. _____________Quiz____________? Earth's water is _____. - Answer✓✓ Unequally distributed.
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Choose matching term 1 Polarity of water 2 Watershed 3 Elevation 4 Precipitation Don't know?
Hydrologic (water) cycle collects, purifies, and distributes the earth's fixed supply of water Polarity of water water is a polar molecule meaning it has opposite charges on opposite ends. This causes hydrogen bonds to form causing water to stick together. Watershed An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water River Basin/Drainage Basin All the land that drains to a major river and its tributaries Condensation The change of state from a gas to a liquid Hydrosphere All the water at and near the surface of the earth, 97% of which is in oceans Transpiration the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants
water scarcity not having access to enough clean water evaporation The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas Topography A description of surface features of land. Elevation The height of land above sea level Sustainability The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained impermeable Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid) Headwaters The source of a river
Mouth of a river the place where a river empties into a larger body of water Floodplain an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks
