Water

• Science
• Primary Education
• Age 7-9

Water 

How much water do you think is found on earth?

Only about _______ percent of Earth's water is freshwater.

1. 6
2. 97
3. 100
4. 3

Which is not a body of freshwater ?

1. river
2. lake
3. ocean
4. stream

97.4 % of the water on Earth is saltwater.

1. true
2. false

Why is the ocean important ?

The ocean plays a large part in Earth’s environment.

How can a water balloon help us in knowing the importance of ocean? 

So the ocean does an excellent job of absorbing excess heat from the atmosphere.

Water has a greater ability to __________ than many other substances.

1. release heat
2. change temperatures
3. store heat
4. release temperatures

Oceans heat up and cool down _______ than land.

1. faster
2. more slowly