Please no copy & paste answers, must be in yours own words. Thank! 1. What is fr

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1. What is freshwater and where does it come from?



2. Precipitation that does not evaporate becomes two different kinds of water. What are these two kinds?



3. In the U.S., what is the average daily use of water per person (not the domestic use), as given in the textbook?



4. About what percent of seawater is salt (make sure your provide the percent value)?



5. Seawater is constantly moving. What two types of motion are involved in the motion of surface water?




6. Ocean waves are formed by wind. The characteristics of the waves depend on what three factors?






7. Ocean currents are produced by what two processes?

Explanation / Answer

1.Freshwater is color less , odorless and taste less rainfalls are the biggest source of fresh water 2.It becomes run-off going into Streams, rivers, lakes and oceans 3.570 l/day 4.Rotation and translation 5.The strength of the wind, the distance the wind blows and the length of the gust determine the wave characteristics 6.1)Ocean currents are set in motion by the wind. 2)The rotation of the earth moves them clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

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