There has always been a lot of talk about water and how important it is to our survival. We know that it is a building block of life and without it, our planet would just be a giant, lifeless rock floating through the universe. We know how important and serious the subject of water is. For fun, though, we thought it would be a good idea to take a look at some water facts. Trivia is often used to illustrate the importance of something, right? Well enjoy these water facts trivia:
Every day a trillion tons of water is evaporated by the sun.
One tree will give off seventy gallons of water every day through evaporation
The amount of water that gets delivered on a summer day would fill over one billion coffee cups.
Seventy percent of an elephant is water.
Over 90 percent of the freshwater in the world is frozen in Antarctica.
If even one one thousandth of the weight of water is salt then that water is classified as "salt water" and is not safe to drink.
Over the course of one hundred years, a single water molecule will spend ninety eight years in the ocean, twenty months frozen as ice, two weeks in rivers and lakes and less than a single week as vapour in the atmosphere.
The atoms of water are held together through electrical charges
The amount of water on the planet now is the same amount of water that was on the planet when it was first formed. It is possible that the water you just used to brush your teeth was once drunk by a dinosaur.
There is more water on the planet than there is land.
Water is what regulates the temperature of the planet (and our bodies).
A human being must take in two and a half quarts of water every day (it can be from a variety of sources) to stay healthy.
There are enough miles of aqueducts and pipelines in Canada and the United States to encircle the earth forty times.
The first water pipes in the United States were made from bored or fire charred logs.
It takes fifteen hundred gallons of water to process a single barrel of beer.
A single egg takes one hundred and twenty gallons of water to produce.
Human bones are twenty five percent water while human blood is eighty three percent water.
Water was the first word learned by Helen Keller and the last spoken by Ulysses S. Grant.
There are some places in the world in which rain is so rare that the people who live there don't have a word for it.
There are only two animals on the planet that do not drink water, but get their water from other sources: the desert rat and the koala bear.
While a human can last approximately a month without food, the most a human will last without water is seven days and that is dependent upon conditions.
What is Water Made Of ? Tip #1
Water is a natural appetite suppressant. It is the safest way to keep your appetite down as it will make you feel full and flush itself out of your system through urination and sweat. This isn't to say that you should just drink water all of the time and not eat food if you are trying to lose weight, but drinking water is a way to make your stomach feel more full than it is. |
What is Water Made Of ? Tip #2
All living creatures are made primarily of water. Eighty percent of the human body is made of water. Seventy five percent of the human brain is water. Plants are as much as ninety percent water. Water is what keeps all living organisms alive. |
What is Water Made Of ? Tip #3
The water that is on the planet now is thought to be the water that was on the planet even before the dinosaurs walked around. This is because water is mostly self sustaining. It is also the only element that exists in all three natural states: solid, liquid and gas. |
