💧 Freshwater and Saltwater Systems
Learn to distinguish freshwater and saltwater systems, where they are found, and why different living things depend on each type. This quiz covers the characteristics, locations, and importance of Earth's water systems. **What you'll learn:** - The difference between freshwater and saltwater - Where freshwater and saltwater are found on Earth - Why certain animals live in freshwater and others in saltwater - How humans use freshwater and saltwater
Questions in this quiz
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- Question 1
Which of the following is an example of freshwater?
- Question 2
What is the main difference between freshwater and saltwater?
- Question 3
Fish that live in the ocean can safely drink the saltwater around them.
- Question 4
Where is most of Earth's saltwater found?
- Question 5
Which of these animals would you find living in freshwater?
- Question 6
Rain is a type of freshwater.
- Question 7
Which location would you expect to find saltwater?
- Question 8
Why do we need freshwater to drink instead of saltwater?
- Question 9
Lakes always contain freshwater and never contain saltwater.
- Question 10
Which of these water systems is a freshwater habitat?
- Question 11
What happens to water when it evaporates from the ocean?
- Question 12
A sea is always smaller than an ocean, and seas contain saltwater.
- Question 13
Which animal is best suited to live in saltwater?
- Question 14
What is one way humans use freshwater?
- Question 15
The water cycle includes the process where freshwater from rain feeds rivers and lakes.