Water Resources ESS4.1

Question 1

What is one important role that ocean waters have in heating Earth?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

absorb and transport solar energy

Question 2

Which is one way that water helps living things?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

temperature regulation

Question 3

How can people conserve water at home?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

washing dishes only when the dishwasher is full

Question 4

What is one example of reusing water?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

watering flowers with dirty dishwater

Question 5

Where is the majority of Earth’s water found?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

oceans

Question 6

How much of Earth’s water is fresh water?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

3 percent

Question 7

How would living things most likely be affected if there were a shortage of water on Earth?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Living things would not be able to live, reproduce, or regulate their own temperature.

Question 8

Which part of Earth absorbs the most sunlight?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

oceans

Question 9

What do manufacturers use water for?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to produce wood and paper products

Question 10

What are some ways water shapes Earth’s surface?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

by forming glaciers and weathering ocean shores

Water Resources ESS4.1 Answers