Water is very important to all living things. This passage explains how plants and
animals, including people, use water. It gives information about different kinds of
water found on Earth and the forms these kinds of water take. It also explains
how water moves from one place to another and how the water cycle renews the
supply of fresh water. Finally, it explains the water challenges that China faces
and describes a project the Chinese government has planned to deliver fresh
water to areas that need it. This project will be very expensive, and some people
believe it will also come with heavy social and environmental costs.
Key Words
• atmosphere: the air that surrounds the earth
• condensation: small drops of water that appear when steam or hot air touches something cold
• evaporation: the process by which liquid water turns into water vapor
• precipitation: rain or snow that falls to the ground
• vapor: many small drops of liquid that float in the air
• water cycle: a repeating natural process that includes evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
Academic Words
available = able to be used or seen
consist = be made up of
create = make something new
process = series of actions
reverse = change something so that it is the
opposite of what it was before
source = person, place, or thing that
something comes from
Highlighted Words
masses, amounts
continuous, without stopping
clouds, tiny drops of water that collect in the air
usable, able to be used
diversion, change in direction
canals, long, narrow waterways
reservoirs, places where a lot of water is stored
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Linguistic Note
Homophones with long a
English spelling is based on the alphabet, which means that letters are used to
represent sounds. Chinese characters, on the other hand, represent an entire
word (logographic writing system), and Japanese kana characters represent
a syllable (syllabic writing system). English learners from these language
backgrounds may have difficulty with English spelling rules, particularly because
English is not spelled phonetically: One sound can have different spellings,
and one spelling can have different sounds. This is the reason for the many
homophones in English. Homophones are words that contain the same sound
but have different spellings and meanings, like, for example, rain and reign. Write
some of the homophones containing the long a sound on the board, and discuss
their different meanings. Examples are: Made/maid, mane/main, pair/pear/pare,
raise/rays, sale/sail, and stake/steak.
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