Wyandotte H.S.

Kansas City, Kansas

Science Achievers

present

WATER THE NEW OIL

$64 per barrel$3.00 per gal. gasoline Approximately

$20.00 per gal

DINOSAUR WATER

Hydrologic cycle

TOTAL AMOUNT OF WATER• 97 % SALTY OR UNDRINKABLE• 2 % IS LOCKED IN ICE CAPS AND

GLACIERS• 1 % FOR ALL HUMANITY’S NEEDS

– AGRICULTURE– RESIDENTIAL– MANUFACTURING– COMMUNITY– PERSONAL NEEDS

MICKEY MOUSE?

SOLID LIQUID VAPOR

STATES OF WATER

COHESION

ADHESION WHICH CAN LEADS TO CAPILLARY ACTION

WATER PROPERTIES

PURE WATER FREEZES AT 0 DEGREES CELSIUS. EXPANDS AND IS LESS DENSEAND THEREFORE FLOATS.

FACTS:

• 75 % OF HUMAN BRAIN IS WATER• 66 % OF BODY IS WATER• A PERSON CAN LIVE WITHOUT FOOD FOR

ABOUT A MONTH BUT ONLY A WEEK WITHOUT WATER.

• WATER IS PART OF A DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM. WHAT WE POUR ON THE GROUND ENDS UP IN OUR WATER, AND WHAT WE SPEW INTO THE SKY ENDS UP IN OUR WATER.

MORE FACTS:

• THE AVERAGE TOTAL HOME WATER USE FOR EACH PERSON IN THE U.S. IS ABOUT 50 GALLONS PER DAY.

QUIZ TIME

• WATER IS THE ONLY SUBSTANCE FOUND ON EARTH NATURALLY IN THREE FORMS.

• TRUE (SOLID, LIQUID, AND GAS)

DOES WATER REGULATE THE EARTH’S TEMPERATURE?

• YES—IT IS A NATURAL INSULATOR

AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DOES WATER FREEZE?

• 32 DEGREES F, 0 DEGREES C

HOW LONG CAN A PERSON LIVE WITHOUT FOOD?

• MORE THAN A MONTH

HOW LONG CAN A PERSON LIVE WITHOUT WATER?

• APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK.

HOW MUCH OF THE HUMAN BODY IS WATER?

• 66%

HOW MUCH OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE IS WATER?

• 80%

OF ALL THE EARTH’S WATER, HOW MUCH IS OCEAN?

• 97%

HOW MUCH OF THE EARTH’S WATER IS SUITABLE FOR

DRINKING?

• 1%

HOW MUCH WATER IS USED TO FLUSH A TOILET?

• 2-7 GALLONS

WATER AND THE DUNESWATER AND THE DUNES

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• CONSERVE BY– FLUSH------LESS– BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH THE WATER

OFF– WASH CLOTHES WITH WASHER FULL

WHS SCIENCE ACHIEVERS

• CONSERVATION IDEA!

• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

•CONSERVE

PRESENTATION BY

• Zachary Carson

• Dee Goston

• Leandra Hill

• Daniel Kirkpatrick

• Lian Piang