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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 , helping to regulate the earth's temperature.
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Celsius.
Once evaporated, a water molecule spends ten days in the air.
Forty trillion gallons of water a day are carried in the atmosphere across the United States.
An acre of corn gives off 4,000 gallons of water per day in evaporation.
Forty percent of the atmosphere's moisture falls as precipitation each day.

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Comment by Jess on March 10, 2010 at 1:06pm: thanks for the information Tijera! Let's move forward on getting you all some quality tasting water here at The Accelerated Schools!

Comment by Blair F Goldberg on March 9, 2010 at 5:50pm: That's really interesting.

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