AUS eer Rt te HUMAN NEEDS Ea ae eos the nature of water? WATER is: ° H20. A liquid without color, taste, or odor. © Water begins to freeze at 0 degrees centigrade and boils at 100 degrees centigrade. © When liquid, it is virtually incompressible. © Most of the world’s water is in the sea; less than 1% is fresh water. Water makes up 70% of the earth’s surface & occurs as standing water (oceans, lakes) and running water (rivers, streams), rain, and vapor. e Water makes up 60-70% of the human body or about 40 liters, distributed as follows: - 25 liters inside the cells - 12 liters in tissue fluid - 3liters in blood plasma source: The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Science Danilo V. Ravina, NAMPAP - Cebu.What is the Earth’s water resource? © Bodies of water (oceans and seas) - 70% of the earth’s surface Distributed as follows: 1. Salt water - 67% 2. Fresh water — 3%, where it is divided as: 2a. Frozen in the polar ice caps - 2% 2b. Global water source - 1%