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Bodies of Water
 Bodies of Water

Name __________________________

Date __________________________

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Our planet has a great amount of water. We know of no other planet that
has huge amounts of water all over it. If you looked at Earth from outer space
you would see more water than land. Water covers over seventy-one percent
of the surface of the Earth.

We use the water for drinking, washing, agricultural crops, and a host of other things. It is
the main reason the Earth has so much life on it. The water makes it
easy for us to transport products all over the world on ships.

Most of the water is in the oceans. The oceans are very large. The
whole country of the United States is much
smaller than the Pacific Ocean. There are five
large oceans. They are: the Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic, and the Antarctic. At the present time oceanographers
consider all oceans and seas part of the Atlantic, Pacific, or Indian
oceans.

Read each sentence below. Fill in the missing word.

1. ____________________ percent of the Earth is covered by water.

2. Most of the water is in the _____________________________ .

3. We know of no other ____________________ that has as much water.

4. There are ___________________________ large oceans.

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Many areas in the oceans are more than two miles deep. The highest mountains and the
deepest gorge in the world are found on the ocean floor. Ocean water is not good to drink
because it has large quantities of salt in it.

Earth has many bodies of water called seas. They also have salty
water. Some of the seas are: the Baltic, Mediterranean, Dead, Caspian,
Caribbean, Bering, and the Adriatic.

One of the best known seas is called the
Mediterranean. Many ships use this sea to move goods from one country
to another. This is an inexpensive way to transport things.

Write the names of the seas on the lines below.

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Rivers are large bodies of flowing water. Some of them flow into lakes or into other
rivers. Others flow into the oceans. They are all
freshwater.

We use rivers to move goods from place
to place inexpensively. Large vessels, called
barges, full of goods are floated up and down
them. Rivers have many fish and plants living in them.

Ground water is another type of water. When it rains not all of the water flows into the
rivers. Some of it soaks into the ground. This ground water is
important to us.

Rivers are large bodies of flowing water.

Read each question. Write your answer on the lines.

What is ground water? ________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

What is a barge?
____________________________________________________________________________

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The ground water can be miles deep. Plant roots can get to the ground water that is
closer to the surface. This makes it easier for them to survive. People dig holes
into the ground to get the ground water for drinking.

The holes we dig to get ground water are called wells. Some wells are
twenty or thirty feet deep. Others maybe hundreds of feet deep.

Many small cities pump the ground water up from these
wells and into large tanks. The tanks of water are high in the
air. The water is allowed to run into pipes where it travels to homes.
Because the tanks are high the water pours out with great force.

Draw a picture of different places in your house that use water.

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Sometimes the ground water can come rushing out of the ground all by itself. When it
rains the water can seep into cracks in the rocks. As it moves through the
cracks it may come pouring out someplace where the land drops off.

When it comes rushing out of the ground we call it a spring.
Sometime the water picks up minerals as it moves through the rock. We call
these mineral springs.

When the water moves through
underground rock that is hot, it too becomes hot. It can be too hot to
touch. Other times it is like nice warm bath water.

Draw what you think a spring might look like.

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There are hot springs all over the world. People like to relax in them. In Japan there are
many hot springs. Some of them are in areas where there is snow.
There are groups of monkeys who like to soak in them.

Water can also get so hot it makes a geyser. When it seeps deep
into the ground through cracks it can get so hot that it comes spurting
out again.

This hot spurting water, which we call a geyser, can shoot hundreds of feet into the air.
Some geysers erupt at regular time intervals. There is one in Yellowstone Park that is so
regular that we call it Old Faithful.

Circle the correct answer and print it on the line.

1. There are hot ___________________________ all over the world.

oceans springs seas

2. The geyser at Yellowstone Park is called.

Old Yellar Old Timer Old Faithful

What is a geyser?



Write your answer in a complete sentence.

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Swamps are a strange place where the land and water mix together.
The water in swamps is not very deep in most places. The land is so
filled with water that it is squishy when you step on it.

Swamps that are covered with water are called marshes. Swamps
and marshes are filled with wildlife. Insects are very abundant because
so many of them need still water to breed.

Small, flowing bodies of water that run into rivers are called creeks
or streams. They are just like rivers only smaller. Many fish and other
water animals use small streams to lay eggs or give birth.

Look up more information about swamps. Write about some of the things you learn.

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Some companies like to dump bad chemicals into streams and rivers. We call this water
pollution. It can kill fish and also seep into the ground water. It is even possible for the
pollution to get into our drinking water. We need to stop this from
happening.

The world has thousands of lakes. A lake is a body of water that is

surrounded by land. Most lakes contain freshwater. Many kinds of life
are found in lakes. A large variety of plants can grow in lakes. Many fish
also live in lakes.

Salt lakes are very unusual kind of lake. The most famous one in the
United States is the Great Salt Lake. It is in the state of Utah.

Pollution hurts our water...

Look up the word pollution in the dictionary.

Pollution: ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Write about how pollution effects our water.

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The Great Salt Lake is much saltier than the oceans. Another lake
like this is the Dead Sea in the country of Israel. Because the water is so
salty it makes it heavier and people float in it much easier.

The United States has five very large freshwater lakes which we call
the Great Lakes. They are all connected together in east central, North
America. They touch large portions of eight states and hundreds of miles
of Canada.

The Great Lakes have been very important to the growth of the
states and provinces they touch. The ease of shipping products on them
helped large cities like Chicago, Illinois to become what they are today.

Do some research. Find the names of the five Great Lakes in the United States.
Write their names on the lines.

______________________________! ______________________________
______________________________! ______________________________
______________________________

Do some research on one of the Great Lakes, and write about it here.

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Between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario is a place where the water falls a great distance. We
call this a waterfall. It is commonly called Niagara Falls. It is one of the natural wonders of
the world. It is divided into two waterfalls. The waterfalls on the American side
is called the American Falls. The falls on the Canadian side is called Horseshoe
Falls.

There are many waterfalls all over the world. Some waterfalls are over 2000
feet high. The highest waterfall in the world is in Venezuela. It
is over 3000 feet (900 meters).

Find a picture of a waterfall, and draw it below.

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1. salti
salty
saltee _______________

2. ruvers
reevers
rivers _______________

3. lakes
lahes
llaks _______________

4. streem
streme
stream _______________

5. geiser
geyser
guyser _______________

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naceo _______________

esa _______________

trawe _______________

lteulop _______________

nrikd _______________

spihs _______________

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WORD FIND
Find and circle these words.
They run down, across, and diagonally.

sea

streams
pour

salty

lake
geyser
spring
ship

ocean
water
waterfall pollute

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waterfall

pollute
geyser
sea

freshwater
creeks
barges
wells

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Answers
Page 11 - salty, rivers, lakes, stream, geyser

Page 12 - ocean, sea, water, pollute, drink, ships

Page 13 -

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• Alternative Fuel • Heredity • Water Cycle
• Amphibians • Horses • Weather
• Animal Homes • Human Body • Whales
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• Autumn • Insects
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• Coral Reefs
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• Damaged Planet
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