More of Earth's water is located in which location than which other location?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking about where most of Earth's water is located, comparing different locations like lakes, glaciers, underground, swamps, and oceans, and determining which location contains more water than another.
Answer
The final answer is in glaciers ... in oceans is incorrect.
More of Earth's water is located in glaciers than in oceans is incorrect, as oceans hold about 97% of Earth's water. More water is stored in oceans than in glaciers.
Answer for screen readers
More of Earth's water is located in glaciers than in oceans is incorrect, as oceans hold about 97% of Earth's water. More water is stored in oceans than in glaciers.
More Information
About 97 percent of the Earth's water is in the ocean.
Tips
It is easy to confuse fresh water amounts with total water amounts.
Sources
- Where is Earth's Water? | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov - usgs.gov
- The distribution of water on, in, and above the Earth - USGS.gov - usgs.gov
- Earth's Freshwater - National Geographic Education - education.nationalgeographic.org
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