Where is Water?
Where is the largest supply of fresh water?
Glaciers are the largest freshwater supply, making up a little less than 2% of Earth’s total water and 63% of the freshwater
a large body of water surrounded by land
lake
Are we able to use the fresh water that is frozen in the glaciers?
yes, but it would be difficult
How much water on Earth is saltwater?
97%
what are the states of matter
solid, liquid, gas
How much of the world’s water do all the lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams make up?
They make up very little about 0.1%–0.2%
to eat drink or utilize
Consumption
water found in rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice sheets, and underground aquifers that contains low concentrations of salt
freshwater
Where is most of Earth's water located?
Ocean
areas where standing water covers the soil, or an area where the ground is very wet
wetlands
Why do we need fresh water?
We have to drink fresh water to stay alive and healthy.
a geological formation of underground layers of permeable rock that retains and filters water, often like a pocket under the ground, containing groundwater.
Aquifer
Put the following types of water in order from largest amount found on Earth to smallest: glaciers/icecaps, groundwater, rivers/lakes, saltwater
Saltwater, glaciers/icecaps, rivers/lakes, groundwater
What are some other sources of water found on Earth?
Swamps, surface water, Marshes, wetland
a part, share, or number considered in comparison relation to a whole.
proportion
Do you think it is important to protect these sources of freshwater? Explain.
Yes, because if they get damaged by pollution, we will not have any clean water to drink.
occurs as a liquid resource that is dispersed through numerous holes, pores, fractures and cavities in bodies of rock or sediment
Groundwater
Where is the largest supply of freshwater?
glaciers/ice caps
What is the entire body of saltwater that covers 71% of the Earth's surface?
Ocean
as judged or comparison with something else
relative
the layer of gas surrounding planet Earth, held in place by gravity and composed of a limited number of elements, primarily nitrogen and oxygen
atmosphere
matter or energy that is harmful to the environment
pollution
Which source of fresh water is easiest for us to access?
lakes, rivers, swamps, and groundwater
What are the five major oceans?
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic).
an artificial lake where water for human use is stored
reservoir