Activity Books Understanding Water Activity Book | Page 8

Three percent of Earth’s water is fresh water. Of the fresh
water, two percent is frozen in polar ice caps and glaciers;
one percent is available for our use.

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You will use two
colors again – one color
for ice, one color for water
that we can use.
Color frozen water red.
Two of every three drops
will be red. Color usable
water green. One of every
three drops will be green.
Most scientists believe there is the same
amount of water on earth today that
there was at the time of the dinosaur.
Do the math!
All fresh water = 99 drops or 100%
Two percent or 2/3 of the 99 water
drops are frozen.
One percent or 1/3 of the 99 water
drops are water that we can use.
Frozen water = ___ drops
Fresh water = ___ drops
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