Biodiversity Conservation And Wild Life Question 98
Question: More than 70% of world?s freshwater is contained in [CBSE PMT 2005]
Options:
A) Polar ice
B) Glaciers and mountains
C) Antartica
D) Greenland
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
Three fourth surface of earth is occupied by oceans which contain 97.5% of total water.
This is marine water with about 3.5% salt contents.
Rest water i.e., 2.5% is fresh water which occurs on land.
Most amount of this water (about 1.97%) occurs as frozen ice caps and glaciers and 0.5% fresh water occurs as ground water.
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