Where on Earth Is the Water?

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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• Did you know that 97% of the water on the earth is in the oceans?

• You know that there is water in the earth's oceans, but where else can you find water on the earth?

Water on the earth is located in the atmosphere, underground, and on the earth's surface in glaciers, oceans, rivers, and lakes!

Water can be salty or fresh!

Watch The Basics of Freshwater: Crash Course Kids #14.1 (bleow):

Next, look at the graph below and consider what you see:

^{Image by USGS, via Wikimedia Commons, is in the public domain.}

Water can be found in all three states of matter on the earth!

• Can you think logically about where you might find each state of water on the earth?

Watch Changing water-States of Matter, from southeastwater:

When you are finished, move on to the Got It? section.