1 Freshwater makes up less than 3% of water on earth, and over two-thirds of this is tied up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Freshwater lakes and rivers make up only 0.009% of water on Earth and groundwater makes up 0.28%.  Water is essential for all life forms.
User: Select the verbal; indicate whether it is a participle, gerund, or infinitive; and indicate how it functions in the sentence. Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses. Weegy: Sprinting, the gazelle outran the three lionesses. Verbal: sprinting.
PARTICIPLE -ING. An -ing form at the head of a (phrase) clause is called a gerund . It rarely includes a subject, and does not inflect for tense, person or number. See Gerund Nonfinite Clause. An -ing form after be or a static verb (e.g., seem, become, appear) can be a participial modifier (participial adjective.