The Water It is a transparent and almost colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of the currents of the Earth, lakes and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. Its chemical formula is H2O, which means that its molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Next we are going to explain one series of very curious water data.
15 fun facts about water
- The planet it contains 525 million cubic kilometers of water. In the last 2 billion years, the amount of water has remained constant.
- During a limited period of 100 years, a water molecule spends 98 years in seas and oceans, 20 months frozen in the form of ice, 2 weeks in lakes or rivers and less than five days in the atmosphere.
- Water is the regulating liquid of terrestrial temperature throughout the world.
- Water is the only element present in the environment that can be found in solid, liquid or gaseous form.
- The Water It is a powerful solvent, as it is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid.
- With each passing day, the Sun evaporates more than a trillion tons of Water, which accumulate in the atmosphere until they precipitate on the surface in the form of rains.
- A tree evaporates 265 liters of water per day. While a whole hectare of corn plantation evaporates more than 30,000 liters of water daily.
- 97% of the world's total water is found in seas and oceans.
- Ice floats on water because, when frozen, it weighs 9% less than in liquid form.
- 80% of the water found in the continents it is on the earth's surface. The remaining 20% is located underground.
- 0.007% of the existing water on Earth is potable, and that amount is reduced every year due to pollution. For this reason, more than 1,100 million people in the world do not have direct access to sources of drinking water. Lack of clean water in poor countries kills 4,500 children every day.
- Every year more than 3,500,000 people die from diseases related to water quality worldwide. Most of these deaths occur in developing countries.
- The human body contains an average of 37 liters of water, normally 66% of the body mass is water. The human brain is 75% water. Human blood is 83% water. While the human bones they are 25% water.
- A normal person can survive a month without food, but only seven days without drinking water.
- It is advisable to owe about two liters of water per day, so that over a lifetime more than 75,000 liters of water are consumed.
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