Hydrosphere & Water Distribution Vocab Quiz

a measurement of the surface of something

• area
• data
• lake
• ocean

recorded measurements or observations

• area
• data
• lake
• ocean

water with salt in it, such as the ocean

• fresh water
• salt water
• hydrosphere
• data

an educated guess about a number

• data
• salt water
• hydrosphere
• estimate

water that is not salty, such as water in most lakes and rivers

• freshwater
• graph
• salt water
• volume

all the water (solid, liquid, gas) on and around planet Earth

• ice cap
• graph
• hydrosphere
• salt water

a large area of frozen water with land all around it

• ice cap
• freshwater
• salt water
• estimate

an image that helps you understand information

• graph
• lake
• ocean
• estimate

a large area of salt water that covers Earth

• ice cap
• ocean
• estimate
• data

how much space something takes up

• volume
• graph
• ice cap
• ocean