Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (ICSE) · Geography
Chapter: Chapter 8 — Chapter 8: The Hydrosphere
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does the hydrosphere include? [1]
(A) All water on Earth
(B) Only oceans
(C) Only rivers
(D) Only ice
2. What percentage of Earth's surface do oceans cover? [1]
(A) About 71%
(B) About 30%
(C) About 50%
(D) About 90%
3. What percentage of Earth's water is in oceans? [1]
(A) About 97%
(B) About 50%
(C) About 10%
(D) About 1%
4. What are examples of freshwater sources? [1]
(A) Rivers, lakes, groundwater
(B) Only oceans
(C) Only ice caps
(D) Only clouds
5. What is freshwater essential for? [1]
(A) Drinking and agriculture
(B) Only recreation
(C) Nothing important
(D) Only decoration
6. What moves water continuously? [1]
(A) The water cycle
(B) Nothing moves water
(C) Only rivers move water
(D) Only oceans move water
7. What processes are part of the water cycle? [1]
(A) Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
(B) Only evaporation
(C) Only precipitation
(D) No specific processes
8. Why understand the hydrosphere? [1]
(A) To appreciate water's role in climate and life
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What does the hydrosphere include? [1]
(A) All water on Earth
(B) Only oceans
(C) Only rivers
(D) Only ice
10. What percentage of Earth's surface do oceans cover? [1]
(A) About 71%
(B) About 30%
(C) About 50%
(D) About 90%
11. What percentage of Earth's water is in oceans? [1]
(A) About 97%
(B) About 50%
(C) About 10%
(D) About 1%
12. What are examples of freshwater sources? [1]
(A) Rivers, lakes, groundwater
(B) Only oceans
(C) Only ice caps
(D) Only clouds
13. What is freshwater essential for? [1]
(A) Drinking and agriculture
(B) Only recreation
(C) Nothing important
(D) Only decoration
14. What moves water continuously? [1]
(A) The water cycle
(B) Nothing moves water
(C) Only rivers move water
(D) Only oceans move water
15. What processes are part of the water cycle? [1]
(A) Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
(B) Only evaporation
(C) Only precipitation
(D) No specific processes
16. Why understand the hydrosphere? [1]
(A) To appreciate water's role in climate and life
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests