Interesting facts about water by Oksana Kostinenko

There is water in space

Oksana — 2017-11-07 18:26:35 UTC

interesting facts about water

diananikitina1234 — 2017-11-08 14:43:31 UTC

A person for an average life expectancy consumes about 60 tons of water only in the process of feeding

diananikitina1234 — 2017-11-08 15:01:25 UTC

Water sometimes freezes and at plus temperature.

diananikitina1234 — 2017-11-08 15:10:42 UTC

Hot water freezes faster than chilled water.

anna_muzyhkoo — 2017-11-08 15:34:02 UTC

Roughly 70 percent of an adult’s body is made up of water.

anna_muzyhkoo — 2017-11-08 15:38:49 UTC

Water dissolves more substances than any other liquid. Wherever it travels, water carries chemicals, minerals, and nutrients with it.

anna_muzyhkoo — 2017-11-08 15:41:40 UTC

Approximately 85 percent of U.S. residents receive their water from public water facilities. The remaining 15 percent supply their own water from private wells or other sources.

The cleanest water is in Finland

dariarudakova14 — 2017-11-08 15:45:22 UTC

According to UNESCO, the purest water is in Finland. A total of fresh natural water was attended by 122 countries. While 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe water.

The basis of life is water

dariarudakova14 — 2017-11-08 15:52:41 UTC

Man is composed of water 60-70%

People without water die

dariarudakova14 — 2017-11-08 15:57:25 UTC

People without water can live for 3 days

1.Water for a healthy heart

ludapc96 — 2017-11-08 16:51:48 UTC

3. Water as a vector of diseases

ludapc96 — 2017-11-08 16:54:59 UTC

2.The most expensive water

ludapc96 — 2017-11-08 16:55:37 UTC

1.A healthy person can drink about three gallons (48 cups) of water per day

radutnaya2002 — 2017-11-08 17:32:49 UTC

2.The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat

radutnaya2002 — 2017-11-08 17:36:39 UTC

3.By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of it's total water amount

radutnaya2002 — 2017-11-08 17:39:33 UTC

Unique lake without water

anett1504 — 2017-11-08 18:01:20 UTC

There is a unique lake Tsirknitskoye in Yugoslavia. It behaves cyclically - completely disappearing in winter and summer, and filling up with the fish in spring and autumn.

Hot water freezes faster than cold

anett1504 — 2017-11-08 18:03:14 UTC

Hot water, placed in the refrigerator, freezes faster than cold. Scientists have not been able to fully understand this riddle. There is an opinion that boiled water contains less salt, because they settle down during boiling, so it will quickly turn into ice. An interesting fact: hot water effectively extinguishes fires, than cold water.

1. According to scientists of the Vernadsky Institute, together with scientists from Germany and France, the age of water on Earth 2.7 billion years.

stefaniya_kitsak — 2017-11-08 18:04:22 UTC

2. Every day from the planet's surface evaporates over a trillion tons of water.

stefaniya_kitsak — 2017-11-08 18:05:58 UTC

3.Water with a high temperature freezes faster than cold.

stefaniya_kitsak — 2017-11-08 18:06:59 UTC

Why do icebergs not sink?

anett1504 — 2017-11-08 18:14:43 UTC

The evaporated water molecule will spend about 10 days in the air before falling from the sky as precipitation and re-cycling.
Ever wonder why icebergs do not sink? After all, the iceberg is hard ice, which, like a stone, must go to the bottom. It turns out all is simple: frozen water has a less dense structure, and also contains air bubbles, so it does not sink.

The water turns to ice when it's temperature goes below zero. The water turns to vapor when it's temperature is too high.

katerina_kucherova — 2017-11-08 19:05:23 UTC

Human can live without water only for 5 days.

katerina_kucherova — 2017-11-08 19:31:21 UTC

Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the
cells of the body, so the level of its fluidity is eextremely importantAbsence of water means for a person the transition from life to death.

We are consist of water for 70 per cent.

katerina_kucherova — 2017-11-08 19:34:03 UTC

In nature, there are about 1330 kinds of water.

alina250503nv — 2017-11-08 20:27:52 UTC

One billion people around the world do not have access to fresh drinking water.

alina250503nv — 2017-11-08 20:35:00 UTC

The average African family consumes about 5 gallons (23 liters of water per day). The average American family consumes just over 250 gallons (~ 946 liters) per day.

alina250503nv — 2017-11-08 20:54:59 UTC

Approximately 75 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.

dariab — 2017-11-08 21:11:37 UTC

Much more fresh water is stored under the ground in aquifers than on the earth’s surface.

dariab — 2017-11-08 21:15:26 UTC

Warm water is healthier than cold water.

dariab — 2017-11-08 21:16:45 UTC