"Water" - The Most Important Resource!
Every drop of water on Earth has been here since the beginning of time. 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. Of that water, 96.5% is in our oceans as salt water. That leaves 3.5% left as fresh water, but 69% of that water is locked up in glaciers and the polar ice caps. This leaves less than 1% of the total volume of water on Earth available as fresh water, and most of that is deep underground and unavailable to us. So you see, there is actually very little water available for all of us to live our daily lives. That is why it is so important to protect and conserve our water resources and do what we can individually to ensure this precious resource is available for future generations. The Water Cycle The Earth's "Water Cycle" plays the key role in determining how and where these precious water resources are available and distributed. With the constant cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, these water resources move abou...