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How does the amount of freshwater on Earth compare to the amount of saltwater on Earth?
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Freshwater - about 40%
Saltwater - 60%
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What are the eight biomes of the earth?
Freshwater Saltwater Desert Tropical Forest Deciduous Forest Tundra Taiga Grassland
What percentage of water on earth is salt water?
97% of the water on Earth is in the ocean, or saltwater. 3% is freshwater. See the related link for more information.on the earth's surface, 97% of the water is salt water, though in the 3% that is fresh water, most of it is locked in iceburgs, and things of that icy nature.
Which cylinder represents that greatest amount of freshwater on earth?
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What is the percentage of saltwater?
Saltwater is about 97.5% of world water. Freshwater is about 2.5% of world water, because most of the world is made up of oceans.
How much of Earth's freshwater is found underground?
22%
What is the amount of saltwater in the world?
97% of the water on the Earth is saltwater. Only 3% is freshwater.
Is there more saltwater than freshwater on the earth?
There is much more saltwater than freshwater. All of the oceans are made up of saltwater for example.
What is the ratio of saltwater to fresh water?
About 97% of the earth's water is saltwater, the the remaining 3% is freshwater.
What is better for drinking saltwater or freshwater?
Saltwater has a higher density than freshwater.
What percent of earth hydrosphere is fresh water?
3% of the hydrosphere is freshwater, while 97% of it is saltwater.
Is there more salt water or freshwater?
There is by far more saltwater in the world. The oceans of the world are saltwater, and by volume the oceans compose over ninety percent of Earth's water.
What are the eight biomes of the earth?
Freshwater Saltwater Desert Tropical Forest Deciduous Forest Tundra Taiga Grassland
Of the total amount of water on earth what is usable?
Any freshwater on Earth is usable
Why do centric diatoms live in saltwater and pennate diatoms live in freshwater?
look up bacillarophyta on wiki. these were some of the first organisms to live on earth.
What is the amount of water that cover the earth?
About 70% of the Earth surface is covered with water, and most of that is the ocean. Only a small portion of the Earth's water is freshwater, which is found in lakes, rivers and groundwater. Freshwater is needed for drinking, farming, and washing.
How does the amount of fresh water compare to the amount of salt water on the Earth?
It Is The 1 Up There ! :D
Total amount of available water on the earth is usable?
97% is saltwater 2% is frozen in ice caps1% is drinkable
