Multiple choice

What percent of Earth's water is fresh water?

  1. 70%

  2. 30%

  3. 3%

  4. 1%
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Approximately 97 percent of Earth's water is salt water found in oceans. Only about 3 percent is fresh water, and much of that is locked in glaciers or ice caps.

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