Critical Thinking

• 1. SUM IT UP Create an Idea Web. Look for details in the text, captions, and graphics. Use your web to discuss ways we depend on water.

  

  Idea Web

• 2. Conclusion Some farmers do not rely on rainfall. What other sources of water could they use to grow crops?

• 3. Evaluate We need water to stay alive. List the many uses of water in order of their importance. Explain the order.

• 4. Infer Look at the chart on page 98. Why do you think people in the United States use a greater amount of water than people in other parts of the world?

Reading Fluency

Phrasing Read the passage on page 572 to a partner. Assess your fluency.

• 1. I read

  • a. great

  • b. OK

  • c. not very well

• 2. What I did best in my reading was ______

Reading Strategy

Vocabulary Review

Oral Review Read the paragraph aloud. Add the vocabulary words.

A _____, or model of Earth, shows surface water. Some water, like, _____ comes from clouds. Water is underground, too. We can reach this natural _____ with pipes made of sturdy _____. Some farmers live where there isn’t enough rain to water their plants, or _____. They _____ on a large _____ of ground water. They irrigate to keep the plants _____.

Written Review Pick a photo in the article. Explain how people depend on water in that scene. Use four vocabulary words.

Write About the Guiding Question

Explore Earth’s Resources

Reread the selection. How would your life change if you had a smaller amount of water to use? Support your ideas with examples from the text.