1. What is water and where is water found?
Water in various physical states
Water vapour (gaseous)
Water (liquid)
Ice (solid)
How can we prove that water vapour is present in the air?
Where is the earth's water found?
Water stores and their distribution
Oceans
Glaciers
Rivers
Lakes
Groundwater
Soil
Click on Layers and check out the different water stores in the drop-down menu. (no need to sign in - just click cancel)
Oceans
Largest water store (salt water)
Five oceans : the largest is Pacific Ocean and the 2nd largest is Atlantic Ocean
Riddle: Why does the Polar bears not say hi to the Penguin?
Answer: Cos Polar bears swim in the Arctic Ocean and the Penguins in the Southern Ocean
Glacier -
large masses of ice
largest freshwater store
located in places which snows all year round so that enough snow accumulates and hardened into ice
move slowly because they are heavy
Rivers
Where the river starts - river source
Where the river enter another water body such as the sea - river mouth
Groundwater -
water enter into the ground through the pores in the soil
located below the land's surface on the water table.
People dig wells to access groundwater. Do you know there are still wells in Singapore?
Soil moisture are found in the soil pores
