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Some of this freshwater is in the air. The rest is in rivers, lakes, and streams. This small amount of freshwater is all we have to use. Farmers need it to grow the foods we eat. Factories use it to make cloth for clothes and paper for books. Water supplied to our homes allows us to drink, bathe, and f lush away wastes. To have enough for all of this, we must use our water carefully. 43 Sometimes we forget how important water is. On stormy days, we grumble and complain. Next time, celebrate the rain.
After being used, it is released as urine or sweat. Or it leaves your body as water vapor in your breath. Nature recycles water, just as people recycle paper, plastic, and glass. The water that falls does not get used up and lost. After visiting Earth’s surface, water evaporates and returns to the sky. Water’s never-ending journey, up and back, is called the water cycle. 39 Life Preserver Water always cycles back to us after being used. So why do we have to worry about wasting it? Sometimes we use water faster than it falls from the sky.
New York: Children’s Press, 2002. Graf, Mike. Lightning! and Thunderstorms. New York: Simon Spotlight, 1998. Greenaway, Theresa. The Water Cycle. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001. Kramer, Stephen. Lightning. , 1992. Meiani, Antonella. Water. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2003. Walker, Sally M. Water Up, Water Down: The Hydrologic Cycle. , 1992. html This site has information about the water cycle, plus games, puzzles, and activities. asp This Web page has fun facts about water, information on water conservation, and links to other water-related sites.