Interesting Facts about Water

Water is the most common substance found on earth.
Water is the only substance found naturally in three forms:solid,liquid,and gas.
Eighty percent of the earth’s surface is water.
Ninety-seven percent of the earth’s water is saltwater in oceans and seas. Of the 3% that is freshwater,only 1% is available for drinking –the remaining 2% is frozen in the polar ice caps.
Water serves as nature’s thermometer,helping to regulate the earth’s temperature.
Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
A water molecule stays in the ocean for 98 years,in ice for 20 months,
in lakes and rivers for 2 weeks,
and in the atmosphere for less than 7 days
Water makes up 80% of an earthworm,70% of a chicken,and 70% of an elephant
Water makes up 90% of a tomato,80% of pineapples and corn,and 70% of a tree.
Water makes up almost two-thirds of the human body,and seventy percent of the brain.