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What percentage of the Earth's water is salt water?
What percentage of the Earth's water is salt water?
- 50%
- 97% (correct)
- 10%
- 25%
Where is half of the remaining 1% of fresh water found?
Where is half of the remaining 1% of fresh water found?
- In glaciers and ice caps
- In streams and rivers
- In aquifers beneath the earth's surface (correct)
- In lakes and dams
Can people and animals drink salt water?
Can people and animals drink salt water?
- No, they can only drink water from glaciers
- Yes, they can drink it without any problem
- No, they can only drink fresh water (correct)
- Yes, but in limited quantities