Evaporation and Transpiration from Continental Areas Amount to Only About

question 81

Multiple Choice

Evaporation and transpiration from continental areas amount to only about ____ percent of the nearly 1.5 billion gallons of water vapor that annually evaporate into the atmosphere.

• A)15
• B)20
• C)25
• D)30
• E)35

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