Define the following:all the waters on the earths surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earths surface, such as clouds.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Define the following:all the waters on the earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth’s surface, such as clouds.

A	the geosphere
B	the hydrosphere
C	the lithosphere
D	the atmosphere

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The hydrosphere includes water that is on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the air. A planet’s hydrosphere can be liquid, vapor, or ice. On Earth, liquid water exists on the surface in the form of oceans, lakes and rivers. It also exists below ground-as groundwater, in wells and aquifers.

Detailed explanation-2: -hydrosphere, discontinuous layer of water at or near Earth’s surface. It includes all liquid and frozen surface waters, groundwater held in soil and rock, and atmospheric water vapour.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three types of surface water: perennial, ephemeral, and man-made. Perennial, or permanent, surface water persists throughout the year and is replenished with groundwater when there is little precipitation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The hydrosphere includes water storage areas such as oceans, seas, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams.

Detailed explanation-5: -The total mass of Earth’s hydrosphere is about 1.4 × 1018 tonnes, which is about 0.023% of Earth’s total mass. At any given time, about 2 × 1013 tonnes of this is in the form of water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere (for practical purposes, 1 cubic metre of water weighs 1 tonne).

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