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What is the mass of the ross ice shelf?
The mass of the Ross Ice Shelf is frozen fresh water. It is about the size of France.
What large mass of frozen water can move rocks and boulders moves slow and changes the earth?
It is a diamond
What is a large mass of frozen water that can move rocks and boulders and move slowly and made great changes on earth?
A glacier
What percentage of earth's ice is in Antarctica?
75%The biggest split in the location of the Earth's water is between fresh water and salt water (about 97%). The 70% of 3% of freshwater is mostly in ice and glaciers, of the remaining 30% of the 3% is in ground water and only 0.3% of the 3% is in lakes and streams.There are some differences in the amount of water in the AntarcticNOAA says 97% of the earth's water is in the oceans with the rest being elsewhere (rivers, lakes, underground, glaciers and ice).USGS says that 68.7% of the fresh water (which is 2.5% of the earth's total water) is in glaciers and ice caps.Science Daily says that 90% of the earth's fresh water is in the Antarctic ice sheet, which differs from what USGS says.USGS says that 90% of the earth's ice mass is in Antarctica. Percent total ice mass is very different from % fresh water or % total water.
You are a large mass of frozen water you can move rocks and boulders you move very slowly but you cause great chamges on earth what are you?
a glacier
What percentage of freshwater is groundwater?
Simple answer:(See table below for details.)1. Oceans have over 96% of all water and so almost all of the water of Earth is surface water.2. Not counting the oceans, most of the rest of the water on Earth is surface water, but it is almost all frozen in ice caps, glaciers and snow.3. Not counting oceans and frozen water, most of the rest of the water is ground water, but most of that is salty.4. Not counting salty water and frozen water, most of the fresh water on Earth is ground water. There is 50 to 100 times more fresh ground water than all the fresh water contained in lakes and rivers.Real Answer:First, it should be clear that there are several types of water and giving the right name makes a difference.Surface water is the water above ground.Ground water is the water below ground.Both types can be further separated into Fresh water and salt water.All of these can be further separated into liquid water and frozen water.Technically, groundwater is liquid water in aquifers, soil moisture, permafrost (frozen soil), water in bedrock, and geothermal water.Water broken down by type:The total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion km³ (333 million cubic miles). That is .13% of the volume of Earth.The 1.4 billion cubic kilometers has a mass of 1.4 x 10^18 metric tons or 1.4x10^21 kilograms. Water is then 0.023 percent of the Earth's total mass.If all the water that the Earth has were distributed evenly over the surface area of the Earth, it would be 2.7 kilometers or 9,000 feet deep.About 97.5% of water on Earth is salt water and 2.5% fresh water.Of the 2.5% fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface.A breakdown of the various forms of water is as follows, going from the largest to the smallest.96.5000% Oceans, Seas, bays1.7400% Ice caps, glaciers, snow0.9400% Saline Groundwater0.7600% Fresh groundwater0.0220% Ground ice and permafrost0.0070% Fresh Lakes0.0060% Saline Lakes0.0010% Soil moisture0.0010% Atmosphere0.0008% Swamps0.0002% Rivers0.0001% BiologicalSee related links for the source of this data.
What percentage of the of the earths water Antarctica hold?
75%The biggest split in the location of the Earth's water is between fresh water and salt water (about 97%). The 70% of 3% of freshwater is mostly in ice and glaciers, of the remaining 30% of the 3% is in ground water and only 0.3% of the 3% is in lakes and streams.There are some differences in the amount of water in the AntarcticNOAA says 97% of the earth's water is in the oceans with the rest being elsewhere (rivers, lakes, underground, glaciers and ice).USGS says that 68.7% of the fresh water (which is 2.5% of the earth's total water) is in glaciers and ice caps.Science Daily says that 90% of the earth's fresh water is in the Antarctic ice sheet, which differs from what USGS says.USGS says that 90% of the earth's ice mass is in Antarctica. Percent total ice mass is very different from % fresh water or % total water.
Does frozen milk have more mass than non frozen?
Frozen milk has more mass than non frozen milk because of how liquids freeze. If you think of it, solids have more mass than liquids because of how tightly packed the molecules are. Just like water, frozen milk will have a larger mass than non-frozen milk.
What does water form when it freezes?
When it freezes, water becomes ice.ICE- A surface, layer, or mass of frozen water.
Does the mass of water increase when it is frozen?
No, the volume it occupies and the density will change however the mass will remain constant
Are you sure that a cloud is gas?
A cloud is a visible mass of water droplets or frozen water crystals.
What do you call a floating mass of of fresh water in the atmosphere?
a cloud
