Question

liquid fresh water found on the surface of earths continents is called surface water. rivers, lakes, and swamps are examples of surface water.
earth also has a large amount of fresh groundwater. groundwater is water that is underground. this water cannot be seen from the surface. so, groundwater is not shown on most maps.
this diagram shows a river on earths surface. it also shows layers below the surface. the brown layers show rock and soil. the blue layer shows groundwater.
complete the sentence.
groundwater is ____ water that is located ____ the surface of earth.
options: surface... below; frozen... above; salt... above; fresh... below

Explanation:

To solve this, we refer to the text: "Earth also has a large amount of fresh groundwater. Groundwater is water that is underground." So groundwater is fresh water and located below the surface. We check the options:

• "surface...below": Groundwater isn't surface water. Eliminate.
• "frozen...above": Groundwater isn't frozen and not above. Eliminate.
• "salt...above": Groundwater is fresh, not salt, and not above. Eliminate.
• "fresh...below": Matches the description.

Answer:

fresh...below (the option with "fresh...below")