GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The vast majority of water on the Earth’s surface, over 96 percent, is saline water in the oceans.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rain physically erodes the rock and the acids chemically break down the rocks and carries salts and minerals along in a dissolved state as ions. The ions in the runoff are carried to the streams and rivers and then to the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -The oceans are, by far, the largest storehouse of water on earth-over 96% of all of Earth’s water exists in the oceans.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of all the water that exists on our planet, roughly 97% is saltwater and less than 3% is freshwater. Most of Earth’s freshwater is frozen in glaciers, ice caps, or is deep underground in aquifers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Remaining three percent of water is freshwater, which is found in the form of groundwater and surface water. Q. Statement I: Most of the freshwater available on the Earth is present in the form of ice.