Where water is found on Earth
Science · Earth's Systems · conceptual
Identify where water is found on Earth and understand that water can exist as solid (ice) or liquid, recognising water in oceans, rivers, glaciers, and underground
What mastery looks like
- List where water is found on Earth: oceans, rivers, lakes, glaciers, underground, atmosphere
- Explain that water exists as liquid (rivers, oceans) and solid (ice, glaciers, snow)
- Recognise that most of Earth's water is in the oceans
Check your understanding
Can Where water is found on Earth name the different places water is found on Earth — in oceans, rivers, ice caps, and even underground — and explain that ice is just frozen water?
Prerequisites
Required first
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