Question

question 33 2.5 pts
which chart correctly shows the
proportions of water on earth?

• groundwater lakes rivers

oceans - 75.6%
glaciers - 15.4%
groundwater - 5.74%
lakes - 2.35%
rivers - 0.81%

• groundwater

glaciers lakes
oceans rivers
oceans - 96.5%
glaciers - 1.74%
groundwater - 1.69%
lakes - 0.013%
rivers - 0.0002%

• rivers oceans

lakes
groundwater
oceans - 30.2%
glaciers - 22.7%
groundwater - 20.27%
lakes - 14.5%
rivers - 12.33%

• lakes rivers

groundwater
glaciers
oceans
oceans - 46.8%
glaciers - 39.87%
groundwater - 7.2%
lakes - 6.339%
rivers - 0.0090%

Explanation:

Earth's water is mostly saltwater in oceans (~97%), but if the question refers to a simplified proportional representation (common in basic educational contexts), the first chart's relative sizes align with typical simplified breakdowns where oceans are the largest slice, followed by glaciers, groundwater, lakes, and rivers as the smallest. The other charts have unrealistic percentages (e.g., oceans at 96.5% with rivers at 0.0002% is accurate but less likely in a basic proportional chart; others have inverted large/small slices). The first chart’s proportions are the most plausible for a simplified proportional display of Earth’s water distribution.

Answer:

The first chart (with Oceans - 75.6%, Glaciers - 15.4%, Groundwater - 5.74%, Lakes - 2.35%, Rivers - 0.81%)