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✔ groundwaterice sheets wetlands

A
✔ groundwater
B
ice sheets
C
wetlands
3

rivers groundwater ✔ ice sheets

A
rivers
B
groundwater
C
✔ ice sheets
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Which statement best describes what happens at the site of a divide?

A
Streams and small rivers flow into a larger river and then to a coast.
B
Water from rain and snow flows down the sides of mountains.
C
Streams on each side of the divide flow in opposite directions.
D
Water collects in wetlands and prevents erosion at the coast.
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Which phrases describe both lakes and ponds? Check all that apply.contain still, standing fresh waterhave no plants growing at the bottomformed by rainfall, melted snow and ice, or runoffformed by lava or mud blocking a rivercreated by building a dam on a riverare shallow enough that sunlight reaches the bottom

A
contain still, standing fresh water
B
have no plants growing at the bottom
C
formed by rainfall, melted snow and ice, or runoff
D
formed by lava or mud blocking a river
E
created by building a dam on a river
F
are shallow enough that sunlight reaches the bottom
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river watershed ✔ tributary

A
river
B
watershed
C
✔ tributary

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