Question

All water sources can be grouped as either salt water or fresh water resources. Drag and drop each water resource into the correct column.




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Answer 1

I don’t see the specific list you need to sort. Paste the items here (or a screenshot/text from the activity) and I’ll put each into the correct column.

Meanwhile, here’s a concise guide and typical sorting you can use:

Definitions
- Salt water: high salt content (seas, oceans, many coastal waters).
- Fresh water: low salt content (most rivers, lakes, groundwater, ice).
- Brackish: mixed salt and fresh (estuaries); may be placed with salt water if the activity only has two columns.

Common sorting (Salt water vs Fresh water)

Salt water
- Ocean
- Sea
- Gulf / Bay (coastal marine waters)
- Salt marsh / salt flats
- Salt lakes (e.g., Great Salt Lake) and saline lakes
- Brackish water / estuary (if forced into salt column; otherwise note as “mixed”)

Fresh water
- River / stream
- Lake (most inland lakes are fresh)
- Pond
- Reservoir (man-made lake for drinking/irrigation)
- Groundwater / aquifer / well water
- Spring
- Glacier / ice caps / snow (fresh water locked in ice)
- Wetlands that are freshwater marshes or swamps
- Rainwater

Notes
- Some wetlands and estuaries are brackish or saline—if your activity allows a “mixed” category, put estuaries there.
- Some lakes and groundwater can be saline in certain regions; use the name (e.g., “Great Salt Lake”) to decide.

If you paste the exact list of resources from your drag-and-drop task, I’ll sort them into the two columns for you.