The Water Cycle On A Global Scale

Question 1

What is the largest store of water?

Answer 1

Oceans 97% of global water

Question 2

What’s the % of oceans, freshwater and other saline waters?

Answer 2

97%
2.5%
0.5%

Question 3

What percentage is freshwater stores?

Answer 3

2.5%

Question 4

What are the % splits of the 2.5% of freshwater stores on earth?

Answer 4

69% is glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets
30% groundwater
1% other

Question 5

What are the four areas water can be stored?

Answer 5

Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
Cryosphere
Atmosphere

Question 6

What is the hydrosphere?

Answer 6

Any liquid water

Question 7

What is the lithosphere?

Answer 7

Water stored in the crust and upper mantle

Question 8

What is the cryosphere?

Answer 8

Any water that is frozen

Question 9

What is the atmosphere in terms of the water cycle?

Answer 9

Water vapour

Question 10

What are aquifers?

Answer 10

Underground water stores

Question 11

How many years can shallow groundwater aquifers store water for?

Answer 11

200 years

Question 12

How many years can deep fossil aquifers store water for?

Answer 12

10,000 years