The Global Hydrological Cycle Is Of Enormous Importance To Life On Earth

Question 1

What % of earths water is fresh water?

Answer 1

Just 3%

Question 2

What % of fresh water is accessible to humans?

Answer 2

1%

Question 3

What % of all of earths water is available to drink?

Answer 3

0.007%

Question 4

How much water does a 10 minutes shower use?

Answer 4

50 gallons

Question 5

How many people don’t have access to safe drinking water?

Answer 5

1 in 5 people

Question 6

How many people lack basic sanitation?

Answer 6

1 in 3 people

Question 7

According to the UN how often does. Child die form water related diseases?

Answer 7

Every 15 seconds

Question 8

What is input?

Answer 8

Addition of matter/ energy to a system

Question 9

What is an output?

Answer 9

Removal or loss of matter/ energy to a system

Question 10

What is transfer/flows?

Answer 10

A form of linkage between one store/ component and another involving the movement of energy or mass

Question 11

What is a store/component?

Answer 11

A part of a system where energy/matter is stored or transformed

Question 12

What is a closed system?

Answer 12

Theses have transfer of energy both into and beyond the system boundary but no transfers of matter

Question 13

What is an open system?

Answer 13

Where matter and energy can be transferred from the system across the boundary into the surrounding environment

Question 14

What are the input processes into the hydrological cycle?

Answer 14

Precipitation

Question 15

What are the outputs of the hydrological cycle?

Answer 15

Evaporation
Transpiration
Evapotranspiration

Question 16

What are the stores in the hydrological cycle?

Answer 16

Channel storage
Soil moisture storage
Groundwater storage

Question 17

What are the processes/ flows in the hydro cycle?

Answer 17

Ground water flow
Through flow
Percolation 
Infiltration 
Stem flow 
Sublimation 
Condensation 
Interception

Question 18

What store contains the most freshwater?

Answer 18

68.7% of freshwater is stored in glaciers & ice caps

Question 19

What % of freshwater is found in ground water?

Answer 19

30.1%

Question 20

What % of freshwater is accessible surface water?

Answer 20

1.2%

Question 21

What is residence time?

Answer 21

Average time a water molecule spends in a store