This is a process by which water is brought into the water table to replace water that has been taken out through wells.

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Responses

Replenishment
Replenishment

Recharge
Recharge

Deposition
Deposition
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11 answers

The correct term for the process by which water is brought into the water table to replace water that has been taken out through wells is Recharge.

This is the upper limit of usable ground water.

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Aquifer
Aquifer

Deposition
Deposition

Well
Well

Water table

The correct term for the upper limit of usable groundwater is Water table.

This percentage of all water on the planet is salt water.
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97%
97%

95%
95%

93%
93%

91%

The correct percentage of all water on the planet that is salt water is 97%.

What percentage of water on Earth is used for drinking, household needs, community needs, and crop irrigation?
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1%
1%

2%
2%

3%
3%

6%

The correct percentage of water on Earth that is used for drinking, household needs, community needs, and crop irrigation is 2%.

Much of this is frozen glaciers and ice caps, so we don’t consider it usable.

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Responses

Salt water
Salt water

Fresh water
Fresh water

Rainwater
Rainwater

Ice

The correct response is Fresh water. Much of the Earth's fresh water is contained in frozen glaciers and ice caps, making it not readily usable.

Water evaporates from the surface into the sky and back down to the earth as what?

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Responses

Clouds
Clouds

Thunder
Thunder

Rain
Rain

Lightning

The correct response is Clouds. Water evaporates from the surface into the sky and forms clouds, which eventually can lead to precipitation such as rain.