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Printable elementary earth science worksheet with chart completion and water bucket coloring activity on salt water and fresh water.
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Water on Earth: Salt Water and Fresh Water

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This printable earth science worksheet introduces students to water distribution on Earth. Students learn where salt water and fresh water are found, complete a chart showing water sources, and use a visual bucket activity to understand that roughly 97% of Earth's water is salt water. Useful for elementary science units on oceans, water cycles, and Earth systems, or as homework or classwork to reinforce vocabulary like glacier, ice cap, and surface.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
3rd – 5th Grades
Updated June 2026

Word Bank

  • Glacier : a very large body of ice Ice caps : very large areas of ice at the North and South poles Surface : the top layer of something

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