The Water Cycle

Question 1

What are Earth’s 4 major stores of water?

Answer 1

-Hydrospheric water (oceanic water and terrestrial water)
-Lithosphere
-Atmospheric water
-Cryospheric water

Question 2

Define hydrospheric water

Answer 2

A continuous layer of water at or near the Earth’s surface, liquid and frozen water, groundwater and atmospheric water vapour

Question 3

Info about atmospheric water

Answer 3

-Store varies in size
-10 degrees rise in temp atmosphere could hold 2x amount of water = positive feedback as more water vapour means higher temperatures

Question 4

Info about cryospheric water

Answer 4

-Ice sheets, ice shelves, glaciers, permafrost, sea ice

-99% of all freshwater is in Ice sheets.

-Antarctic ice sheet contains 30 million Km3 of ice! About size of Mexico and USA

-Ground at 0 degrees or below for 2 consecutive years

Question 5

Info about terrestrial water

Answer 5

-Groundwater, biological water, soil water, wetlands, lakes, rivers

-Rivers are a small percentage of water 0.0002%
- largest river– 1/5 world’s total river flow!

-Wetland is area of marsh, fen, peatland which has water that is static or flowing with a
dominance of veg

Question 6

solid to liquid is called?

Answer 6

melting

Question 7

liquid to solid is called?

Answer 7

freezing

Question 8

liquid to gas is called?

Answer 8

evaporation

Question 9

gas to liquid is called?

Answer 9

condensation

Question 10

solid to gas is called?

Answer 10

sublimation

Question 11

gas to solid is called ?

Answer 11

deposition

Question 12

is the global hydrological system an open or closed system?

Answer 12

closed