Hydrosphere Quiz

What does the word 'hydro' mean?

• Land
• Space
• Water or liquid

What is one thing that the oceans ability to absorb and store heat helps?

• turning day into night.
• regulating the climate.
• creating water.

What percent of water covers Earth's surface?

• 70%
• 68%
• 53%

What does energy from the sun that has been absorbed, then stored and transported by the oceans, affect?

• It affects the amount of water in the world.
• It affects temperature, precipitation and wind.

The amount of water on _________ does not change over time.

• Earth
• Wind
• Land

What from the sun is absorbed, stored and transported by the oceans?

• Wind
• Light
• Energy

All living ___________ need water to survive.

• Trees
• Organisms
• Bugs
• People

The further you travel from the Equator, the ocean water becomes ____________.

• colder
• hotter

What percent of Earth's water fresh?

• 6%
• 2.5% approximately 3%
• 50%
• 70%

The ocean plays a role in creating and shaping _________________.

• the sea
• different rivers
• landforms