Pure water is tasteless, odorless, and colorless.

Water can occur in three states: solid (ice), liquid, or gas (vapor). Solid waterice is frozen water. When water freezes, its molecules move farther apart, making ice less dense than water. This means that ice will be lighter than the same volume of water, and so ice will float in water. Water freezes at 0 Celsius, 32 Fahrenheit. Liquid water is wet and fluid. This is the form of water with which we are most familiar. We use liquid water in many ways, including washing and drinking. Water as a gasvapor is always present in the air around us. You cannot see it. When you boil water, the water changes from a liquid to a gas or water vapor. As some of the water vapor cools, we see it as a small cloud called steam. This cloud of steam is a miniversion of the clouds we see in the sky. At sea level, steam is formed at 100 Celsius, 212 Fahrenheit. The water vapor attaches to small bits of dust in the air. It forms raindrops in warm temperatures. In cold temperatures, it freezes and forms snow or hail.

About 70% of the earths surface is covered with water. Ninety-seven percent of the water on the earth is salt water. Salt water is filled with salt and other minerals, and humans cannot drink this water. Although the salt can be removed, it is a difficult and expensive process. Two percent of the water on earth is glacier ice at the North and South Poles. This ice is fresh water and could be melted; however, it is too far away from where people live to be usable. Less than 1% of all the water on earth is fresh water that we can actually use. We use this small amount of water for drinking, transportation, heating and cooling, industry, and many other purposes.

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Without water, the earth would look like the moon. All living things need water to live. People can live several weeks without food, but only a few days without water. We should drink six to eight glasses of water each day! Water makes up 83% of our blood, 70% of our brain, and 90% of our lungs. Overall, our bodies are 70% water. A tomato is about 95% water. An apple, a pineapple, and an ear of corn are each 80% water.

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States of Water
Water exists in three states- solid, liquid, and gaseous.
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Liquid WaterLiquid water is found in many places. You see liquid water coming out of the faucet, when it rains, and running in a river. Pure liquid water is free of salt, rocks, soil, and garbage. El agua lquido es encontrado en muchos lugares. Usted ve agua lquido saliendo del grifo, cuando llueve, y corriendo en un ro. El agua lquido abstracto es libre de sal, rocas, suelo, y basura.

Solid WaterIce, snow, and frost are examples of water in the solid state. Liquid water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius. Celsius is scale that measures temperature. What instrument do you use to measure temperature? Winter is a season

that you see a lot of solid water. Other examples of solid water are ice cubes, icicles, ice on a skating rink. Water as a Gas -Look at this picture of gas You don't see anything because gas is invisible. Water in the liquid state may change to water in the gaseous state. Water evaporates to turn into a gas. Gases are colorless and odorless. You cannot see gas ,but sometimes you can hear it and smell it. What are some ways that you can hear or smell a gas? Water can evaporate or disappear with the help of heat. Changes in temperature can increase the rate or how long it takes water to evaporate. Evaporate means to disappear. Water can evaporate from soil. It evaporates off wet clothes hanging on a clothesline. Plants release water vapor into the air. We breathe out

water vapor.