Water Resources and Pollution Quiz

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What percent of the earth’s water supply is readily available as liquid freshwater?

  • 5%
  • 0.5%
  • 3%
  • 1.5%
  • 0.024% (correct)

Water found in the spaces of soil, gravel, and rock is called

  • precipitation
  • percolation
  • infiltration
  • surface water
  • runoff (correct)

The top of the zone of saturation is called the

  • water table (correct)
  • confined recharge area
  • recharge area
  • confined aquifer
  • unconfined aquifer

Porous water-saturated layers of underground rock, sand, or gravel are known as

<p>aquifers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which of the following processes does water move in a direction different from the others?

<p>transpiration (E)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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