Intro to the Hydrosphere - Student Activity

Match the questions and answers. What does water leave when it evaporates?

• temperature

• temperature

• energy

• humidity

• humidity

• energy

• water vapor

• water vapor

Match the questions and answers. Where is most surface fresh water located?

• Lakes

• Glaciers

• Rivers

• Rivers

• Glaciers

• Lakes

• Wetlands

• Wetlands

Put the words in order and write correct sentences: Earth both and salt fresh water be found can on

• Can both salt and fresh water be found on Earth?

• Both salt and fresh water can be found on Mars.

• Salt water and fresh water cannot be found on Earth.

• Only fresh water can be found on Earth.

What percentage of the planet is covered by water and what percentage of that is freshwater?

• Water covers 68.7% of the planet but only 3% of that is freshwater.

• Water covers 71% of the planet but only 2.5% of that is freshwater.

• Water covers 60% of the planet but only 5% of that is freshwater.

• Water covers 75% of the planet but only 1% of that is freshwater.

In the atmosphere and in living things, 0.9% of fresh water is ____.

• in glaciers and ice caps

• in rivers and lakes

• in the ground as soil moisture

• in the atmosphere and in living things

Groundwater is freshwater located below the surface of the ____.

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

• Mars

Which of the following terms refers to the process where water vapor turns into liquid water?

• Infiltration

• Condensation

• Transportation

• Evaporation

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• Precipitation

• Evaporation - Evaporation is the process in which a liquid or solid is converted into vapour.

• Transportation

• Condensation - Condensation is the process by which water vapour in the air is changed into liquid water

• Condensation

• Transpiration - The process by which plants give off water vapour through the stomata in their leaves

• Evaporation

• Precipitation - Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth

• Transpiration

• Transportation - Water in different phases moves through the atmosphere