Where is water stored on Earth?

Question 1

what are the four water stores?

Answer 1

lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and atmosphere

Question 2

what is the lithosphere?

Answer 2

the solid outer crust and upper mantle

Question 3

what is the hydrosphere?

Answer 3

water on the surface of the planet

Question 4

what is the the atmosphere?

Answer 4

the layer of gases surrounding the planet

Question 5

where is the lithosphere found?

Answer 5

in oceanic It is stored within the rock structure made of continental crust and rocks, minerals, and clays as groundwater

Question 6

what does the hydrosphere include?

Answer 6

oceans, seas, rivers, streams, lakes and ponds

Question 7

What’s the cryosphere?

Answer 7

frozen areas on the planet

Question 8

what does the cryosphere include?

Answer 8

glaciers and ice sheets as well as frozen sections of oceans, e.g. antarctic

Question 9

what does the atmosphere consist of?

Answer 9

water storage in clouds, all layers layers of atmosphere, clean air, microscopic particles of water vapour are carried

Question 10

approx. how much of global water store is hydrosphere?

Answer 10

96.5%

Question 11

approx. how much of global water store is atmosphere?

Answer 11

0.001%

Question 12

approx. how much of global water store is cryosphere?

Answer 12

1.7%

Question 13

approx. how much of global water store is lithosphere?

Answer 13

1.7%

Question 14

What has limited change in volume over short-term?

Answer 14

hydrosphere

Question 15

considering longer time scales, what will decrease and why?

Answer 15

volume of ocean water as more is contained in the cryosphere

Question 16

cryospheric increase…

Answer 16

in colder climates

Question 17

what tends to not change in volume a great deal?

Answer 17

lithospheric and atmospheric