What Is The Hydrosphere?
The hydrosphere is the total amount of water found on Earth. The hydrosphere includes water that is found on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the air. A planets hydrosphere can be in liquid,gas, and solid form.
The hydrosphere is the total amount of water found on Earth. The hydrosphere includes water that is found on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the air. A planets hydrosphere can be in liquid,gas, and solid form.
The Structures Of The Hydrosphere
- Ice: 1.762%
- Groundwater: 1.7%
- Surface Fresh Water: 0.014%
- Atmosphere and Soil: 0.002%
http://www.pacificwater.org/userfiles/image/Water%20Demand%20Management/earthswater.gif
- Groundwater: 1.7%
- Surface Fresh Water: 0.014%
- Atmosphere and Soil: 0.002%
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The Processes Of The Hydrosphere
These are processes by which water moves throughout each of the Earth's spheres:
-Condensation: The process by which a gas cools and becomes a liquid. It is the process which creates clouds, which is necessary for rain and snow formation as well.
http://shoalwater.nsw.gov.au/education/condensation.htm
-Condensation: The process by which a gas cools and becomes a liquid. It is the process which creates clouds, which is necessary for rain and snow formation as well.
http://shoalwater.nsw.gov.au/education/condensation.htm
-Precipitation: Falling products of condensation in the atmosphere such as rain, snow, or hail.Precipitation is released when the condensed cloud can't hold no more liquid, which then gets released.
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/precip_chart.gif
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/precip_chart.gif
-Evaporation: The changing of a liquid to a gas, often under the influence of heat( boiling water). This process is a major component in the Hydrosphere, it creates vapor which then later condenses into liquid.
http://education-portal.com/cimages/multimages/16/teapot.jpg
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Hydrosphere Link: http://www.geography4kids.com/files/water_intro.html
How Groundwater And Surface Water Interact.
Groundwater and surface water are essentially one resource, both physically connected by the hydrologic cycle. Groundwater is created by the runoff of surface water and that's why they're united as one. They might be as one but groundwater is drinkable and surface water isn't. Both of these types of water sources depend on each other, they feed each other.
Human Impact On Water:
-Pollution: Everyday we pollute all sorts of stuff into our everyday water, that we use to shower, drink, cook, and other useful things water is used for. There are 2 categories of water pollution, which are point source pollution and non-point source pollution, and both of these are dealing with water pollution. Point source pollution is water pollution that comes from a single, discrete place, typically a pipe or sewage pipe. And non-point source pollution is pollution coming from different types of pollutants.
http://tunza.eco-generation.org/file/water%20pollution%203.jpg -Overuse/Misuse: We waste water everyday and we don't even know it. Most of the water used today in our part of the world is used for agriculture, which can be good or bad sometimes. All the water used for fertilizers can be good for plants but harmful for the water we use, the excess fertilizer t goes into groundwater that pollutes our potable(drinking water).
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