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EARTH’S WATERS

Water, water, EVERYWHERE


Did you know that three quarters (3/4) of Earth is covered by water?
That is a lot of water!!

Freshwater
Most of the water on Earth is saltwater; very little of it is freshwater. What
is freshwater? Freshwater is water containing only a very little amount of
salt.

The Earth has only 1% of usable freshwater, which is found in groundwater,


lakes, rivers, and streams. Groundwater is freshwater beneath the Earth's
surface, in the ground.

Two percent (2%) of Earth’s freshwater is frozen in polar ice caps and
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Ice caps are a thick permanent covering of ice and snow on land.

Freshwater is essential to humans because we use it for drinking and


watering crops.

Lesson Checkpoint:
Why is freshwater essential to us?

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So Much Saltwater….
Oceans are made of salt water. Ninety-seven percent (97%) of the Earth’s
water is saltwater.

There are five named oceans of the world, which include the Pacific,
Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic Oceans. Salt water is not usable
water because we can’t drink it or use it for crops.

More about the Ocean….


• Ocean currents keep our oceans in constant motion and move large
amounts of water far distances.
• Ocean tides are periodic rising and falling of the surface of the ocean
caused by the gravitational pulls of the moon as well as the rotation of
the Earth.

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Lesson Checkpoint:
What causes the ocean tides?

Did you know that the Earth recycles…WATER?


The water cycle is the constant movement of the Earth’s water from the
Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and the back again. Throughout the
water cycle, water can be solid, liquid, and a gas. The sun powers the
water cycle, because heat is what keeps the cycle going.

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Stages of the Water Cycle:

 Evaporation: the changing of a liquid into a gas

Evaporation occurs when the sun warms the water in a body of water
and some of the water changes into water vapor which rises off the
water and goes into the air.

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into the air through their leaves.

 Condensation: the changing of a gas, when cooled, back into a


liquid

 Precipitation: how the water gets back to the earth, through hail,
mist, rain, sleet, or snow.

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Water run off is the water that falls back to earth as precipitation, and runs
off of hills and mountains into lakes, rivers, and oceans.

Some water ends up on land and soaks into the ground, which is called
groundwater.

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Lesson Checkpoint: What is the water cycle?


Unfortunately, sometimes water can be polluted…
Water pollution causes water to be contaminated with harmful substances.
Industrial waste, water run off from farms filled with pesticides and fertilizer,
untreated sewage drains, and air pollution are all causes of water pollution.

Lesson Checkpoint:
What is one cause of water pollution?

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