Water is all around us!

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Surface water includes the lakes, reservoirs, ponds, streams, canals, and freshwater wetlands. The definition of freshwater is water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salt.

The 5 Largest Reservoirs In The United States: Click on the names for a tour of each one. 1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6iN6MZPeRQ">Lake Mead</a> 2. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBmRIMegSu0">Lake Powell</a> 3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBQWJONRack">Lake Sakakawea</a> 4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OypYhf810qE">Lake Oahe</a> 5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-8BhHo7NJc">Fort Peck Lake</a>

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Standards: Science Grade 5 ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes ESS2-2 Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.&nbsp;

Check your understanding: What animals can be found in saltwater? What animals can be found in freshwater? What is a reservoir? What percent of the Earth's water is fresh?

Over 97 percent of the earth's water is found in the oceans as salt water.&nbsp;&nbsp;Two percent of the earth's water is stored as fresh water in glaciers, ice caps, and snowy mountain ranges. That leaves only one percent of the earth's water available to us for our daily water supply needs.

1. What animals can be found in saltwater? fish, Turtles , <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYOf-RKF6QI&amp;t=15s">sharks,</a> Dolphins, Salt Water crocodiles and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrAl5BljTXs">whales</a> including sperm, blue, killer. 2. What animals can be found in freshwater? Snails, worms, turtles, frogs, marsh birds, mollusks, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQgZGj9Umg">alligators</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82DiWd7KGt0">beavers</a>, otters, snakes, and many types of insects 3. What is a reservoir? human-made lakes. 4. What percent of the Earth's water is fresh? 3%

Fish living in freshwater habitats have plenty of company.&nbsp;Snails, worms, turtles, frogs, marsh birds, mollusks, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boQgZGj9Umg">alligators</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82DiWd7KGt0">beavers</a>, otters, snakes, and many types of insects live there too. Some unusual animals, like the river dolphin and the diving bell spider, are freshwater creatures. The animals that live in the salt water are most likely to be fish, Turtles , <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYOf-RKF6QI&amp;t=15s">sharks,</a> Dolphins, Salt Water crocodiles and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrAl5BljTXs">whales</a> including sperm, blue, killer.

Glossary: Reservoirs- human-made lakes. Canals- human-made lakes and streams. Freshwater- water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salt.