What is the hydrosphere? List its constituent parts. What oceans form the World Ocean of our planet?
1. What is the hydrosphere? List its constituent parts. 2. What oceans form the World Ocean of our planet? 3. What makes up land water? 4. How are glaciers formed and where are they located? 5. What is the role of groundwater? 6. What is water in the atmosphere represented by?
1. Hydrosphere is the water shell of the Earth. It includes three main components: the oceans, land waters and water in the atmosphere.
2. Quiet, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic.
3. Rivers, lakes, swamps, glaciers and groundwater are land waters.
4. Glaciers appear where there is more snow than it can melt. They are located primarily on the mainland Antarctica and the island of Greenland.
5. Groundwater is involved in the water cycle in nature.
6. The atmosphere contains water vapor, water droplets and ice crystals.