The Water Cycle
Precipitacion
Condensation
Infiltracion
Evaporation
THE WATER
Water Composition
Sea Water Minerals
Sulfate, 8%
Other, 6.4%
Sodium 30.6%
chlorine, 55%
The Hydrosphere is made up of all the water in the water in the oeans, seas, rivers, lakes, polar ice caps and glaciers as well groudwater and the vapour in the atmosphere
For what we can use water?
Drinking Water:
Some regions have places called
desalination plants, which extract
the minerals and salt from seawater
and turn it into drinking water.
Tourism:
The sea and the cost have become a resource for tourism. They attract large number of visitors and create many jobs
Waterways:
Oceans and seas are used as
waterways to transport
people and commercial
goods.
Energy Source:
Oil and gas are found under the
sea. Scientists are looking for
ways to turn the force of tides
and waves into energy.
Food:
Aquaculture is the farming of
ocean plants and animals. Fish
farming is the raising of fish and
shellfish on special farms.
Water quantity (percentage)
Salt Water
97.21%
Fresh Water
2.79%
70%=icebergs and glaciers
0.4%=lakes and rivers
29.6%=subterranean water
