SOLAR SYSTEM

UNIVERSE

ATMOSPHERIC BASIC PROPERTIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Water can exist on Earth as ____
A
solid ice
B
liquid water
C
water vapor (steam)
D
All of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Water exists in many forms, such as a liquid, a solid, as in snow and ice, underneath the land surface as groundwater, and in the atmosphere, as in clouds and invisible water vapor.

Detailed explanation-2: -The volume of all water would be about 332.5 million cubic miles (mi3), or 1, 386 million cubic kilometers (km3). A cubic mile of water equals more than 1.1 trillion gallons. A cubic kilometer of water equals about 264 billion gallons (1 trillion liters).

Detailed explanation-3: -The statement is false; water can be found on Earth in solid AND liquid form. Water can be found on Earth in a solid form in cold areas as ice.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: The Earth’s atmospheric pressure and relatively stable temperatures make liquid water possible.

Detailed explanation-5: -Earth’s water is (almost) everywhere: above the Earth in the air and clouds, on the surface of the Earth in rivers, oceans, ice, plants, in living organisms, and inside the Earth in the top few miles of the ground.

Detailed explanation-6: -Water is known to exist in three different states; as a solid, liquid or gas. Clouds, snow, and rain are all made of up of some form of water.

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