WATER Flashcards
what are the 9 facts about water?
Water could be the key to finding life.
Almost all of Earth’s water is in the oceans.
Most freshwater is in ice.
The amount of salt in salt water varies.
A lot can live in one drop of water.
Some water may have come from comets.
It’s great that ice floats.
Our bodies are mostly water.
In plants, water defies gravity.
(scientists who search for life on other planets)
astrobiologists
water covers ____ percent of the
surface of our planet.
71 percent
If all of that water fell as rain at
once, the whole planet would get about ____ inch
of rain.
1 inch
percent of water on Earth is
in our oceans,
96.5 percent
about ____ percent of water is floating above us in the
atmosphere.
0.001 percent
In a gallon of average ocean water, there is about —-
cup of salt.
1 cup of salt
how many percent is freshwater found in groundwater?
30%
Over —–
percent of Earth’s freshwater is locked up in ice
and glaciers.
68%
Just —— percent of Earth’s water is fresh—that
is, with few salts in it.
3.5 %
You can find Earth’s __——____ in our lakes, rivers, and streams, but don’t forget groundwater and glaciers.
freshwater
what ocean is salter that the Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The saltiest water in
the world is found in Antarctica in a small lake
named
Don Juan Pond.
where is Don Juan Pond. located?
Antarctica
these are mostly
water ice.
Comets
could well have
made a big contribution.
comets
whic is less dense?
water or ice?
ice
how many percent of water is in a newborn baby?
78%
how many percent of water is in adults?
55-60%
It acts as a shock absorber for our
brain and spinal cord.
water in the our body
an interesting characteristic of water
“sticky”
is a transparent fluid that forms the world’s streams,
lakes, oceans, and rain
Water
thin straws called ——- in the
plant by holding onto each other and the walls of
the tube.
xylem
the major constituent of the fluids of organisms
water