The hydrosphere: research

By: Luisa Gonzalez, Amelia Correa, Juanita Ortiz and Rosario

Arango.

Have you ever wondered what contains all the water on our
planet? The hydrosphere is made up of all the water found on a
planet. Glaciers and icebergs are also part of the hydrosphere
because they are made of water but it is frozen.

Water is the most abundant substance on Earth, covering 1.4

billion cubic centimeters just in the surface. The hydrosphere is
one of the four spheres of Earth. It contains all of Earth’s water
found on the surface, underground and in the air. The word
hydro means water in Greek.

The water on the surface exists as rivers, lakes, waterfalls and

the ocean. The water found underground exists in the form of
groundwater that you can see in wells and aquifers. The frozen
part of the hydrosphere is called the crysosphere. It is made of
glaciers, icebergs and other pieces of ice. Finally, you can also
find the hydrosphere’s water in the atmosphere as water
vapor.

All of the hydrosphere’s components are involved in the water

cycle (or hydrologic cycle), it is a process in which water passes
through multiple states of matter to form rain or snow. First,
the water in the surface evaporates and turns into water vapor
(evaporation), then it condenses to form clouds (condensation)
and finally it precipitates back to the surface (precipitation).
The hydrosphere is important because life can not exist without
water. Also, water sustains humans, animals and plants, and it
is crucial for us to survive. Humans use water for drinking and
to generate electricity through hydropower. The hydrosphere
provides a habitat for animals such as the polar bear, seals,
whales, sea animals, some amphibians, reptiles and other
animals that live near water.

So now you know, the hydrosphere is one of Earth’s spheres. It

is made of the water on our planet, and it is very important
because it provides habitat and it supports human and animal
life.

Sources:
• https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/hydros
phere
• https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrosphere
• https://www.toppr.com/guides/physics/earth/importance
-of-hydrosphere/