Water – where is it?

Hi everyone,

We are learning to explain that nearly all of Earth’s available water is in the ocean. Most fresh water is in glaciers or underground; only a tiny fraction is in streams, lakes, wetlands, and the atmosphere.

NGSS 5-ESS2C

Water education website

Instructions

Click on the link above, read the information on the website and answer these questions.

1) What percentage of Earth's water supply is salt water (water in the ocean)?

2) What percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

3) Complete this table for fresh water

Type of water	Percentage of total supply of water on Earth
Glaciers and icecaps
Groundwater (underground water)
Lakes and streams
Water vapor (in atmosphere)

4) Explain where most of Earth's available water is? 

5) Where is most of the fresh water found?

6) Use excel to create a graph from the information in question three