What’s the difference between a lake and a pond? First, lakes are usually much deeper and wider than ponds. The water at the bottom is colder than the water at the top during the summer. In ponds, the water temperature near the top of the pond is about the same as the water temperature at the...

Over 70 percent of the world is covered with water – that’s a lot of beaches for you beach lovers. Until the year 2000, there were only four oceans – the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian and the Arctic Oceans. In 2000, scientists labeled a new ocean, the Southern Ocean, which is near...