WATER AND RIVERS

Water is very important to our planet and we all need it to live. People and animals drink it. Farmers use it to grow food a) ..................... people to eat. Fish and b) ..................... sea animals live in it. The water on our planet isn’t the same c) ..................... . The water in the sea has salt in it. You can taste this if you go swimming. However, the water in rivers hasn’t got any salt in it. Also, water is d) ..................... always the same temperature. In some places, it’s so cold that we e) ..................... ice on top of the water. However, f) ..................... the weather is warmer, this will never happen. Where g) ..................... water come from? Water can come from rivers or through rocks h) ..................... are underground. It can also come from the sky as rain or snow. Rivers are very important to i) ..................... . We use rivers to take things from one place to another j) ..................... boat. Villages, towns and cities are often next to rivers because people can use the water to drink and grow their food. For our future, we must take care of the water on our planet. We should be careful that we don’t pollute the water with plastic bags and other rubbish so that our children and grandchildren can have clean and safe water.