The water cycle

Question 1

Hydrosphere

Answer 1

Liquid water

Question 2

Lithosphere

Answer 2

Water stored in the crust and upper mantle

Question 3

Cryosphere

Answer 3

Water that is frozen

Question 4

Atmosphere

Answer 4

Water vapour

Question 5

What is an aquifer

Answer 5

underground water store. On a global scale, they are unevenly distributed.

Question 6

oceanic

Answer 6

72% surface.

Question 7

cryospheric

Answer 7

water stored solid form

Question 8

sea ice

Answer 8

ocean cooled below freezing

Question 9

ice shelves

Answer 9

platforms of ice

Question 10

ice sheets

Answer 10

50k sqkm

Question 11

ice cap

Answer 11

thick layers oof ice

Question 12

Alpine glaciers

Answer 12

thick masses of ice found in deep valleys or upland hollows

Question 13

Permafrost

Answer 13

ground below zero for 5+ years

Question 14

terrestrial water

Answer 14

surface water, ground water, soil water, biological water

Question 15

Lake

Answer 15

stores of freshwater found in hollows on land surface

Question 15

surface water

Answer 15

free flowing of lakes rivers ponds

Question 16

wetlands

Answer 16

areas of marsh fern, peatland

Question 17

groundwater

Answer 17

water that collects undertground in pore spaces of rock

Question 18

Atmospheric water

Answer 18

water vapour, cloud