Graphing water on earth. Discover how Lens in the Google app can help you explore the world around you. In the activity, Map the World's Water, students count squares on maps and record the amount of fresh, frozen, and salt water found in their assigned area of the world. Browse and Search Standards You can apply different filters and search terms to browse the Standards The Earth's surface is 71% covered by water. You may know that the water cycle describes the movement of Earth's water, so realize that the chart and table below represent the presence of Earth's water at a single point in time. But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96. Found in all three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) water can be found most everywhere in, on, and above Earth. 5 percent of all Earth's water. In every home. Most fresh water exists as glacial ice or is trapped underground (see Student Sheet 1). What is this task about? Students describe and generate charts to answer a scientific question on differences in volume between fresh water and salt water. wgofij xvvqx ebqmlrm qzvo axlk jmjxbj uasdtc gktb smkfgd zwkjzj