Over seventy percent of the Earth is covered with water û around 326 million trillion gallons! Water is essential for life û it gives plants ability to create sugar for food and it helps humans regulate temperatures and nourishes and protects the brain, spinal cord and other tissues. Water is equally important to the environment due to the intricate balance of the water cycle. This program takes an in-depth look at the chemistry of water and its different states and how each of them affects the world around us.

Originally released by TMW Media Group, 2015. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on February 08, 2017.

Water Cycle (3:09); --Thermal Properties of Water (2:51); -- Colorless and Tasteless (3:32); -- Naval Research Laboratory (2:02); -- Credits: Properties of Water: Show Me Science (0:08);.