EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the surface of our planet. It’s hard to imagine, but about 97 percent of the Earth’s water can be found in our ocean. Of the tiny percentage that’s not in the ocean, about two percent is frozen up in glaciers and ice caps.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ocean holds about 97 percent of the Earth’s water; the remaining three percent is found in glaciers and ice, below the ground, in rivers and lakes. Of the world’s total water supply of about 332 million cubic miles of water, about 97 percent is found in the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -The vast majority of water on the Earth’s surface, over 96 percent, is saline water in the oceans.

Detailed explanation-4: -71% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. 97% of which is in the form of oceans. The water in the oceans is salty.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ocean is a huge body of saltwater that covers about 71 percent of Earth’s surface. The planet has one global ocean, though oceanographers and the countries of the world have traditionally divided it into four distinct regions: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic oceans.