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WATER AND ITS EVERYDAY USES 



A miniature yacht race. Do you know how to sail a boat into the wind ? 



accounts for the fact that our gardens, lawns, and plants 

 kept in the house need constant watering. We know 

 that they wilt when they do not have sufficient water. 

 Moisture evaporates from bodies of water into the air. 

 We have all had the experience of sitting in the draft of 

 an electric fan in order to cool off. Nature adds moisture 

 to the air in a large way when breezes blow over large 

 bodies of water, or when great forests send off into the 

 air large amounts of moisture. Water helps us to keep 

 more comfortable, and communities near large bodies of 

 water have usually a pleasanter climate than those far 

 away from sources of water. Finally, water is used in our 

 recreation. Every boy and girl ought to know how to 

 swim and sail a boat. Rowing, canoeing, and fishing 

 are all recreations that depend upon water. 



Life in the Ocean. In addition to all the other uses 

 of water, we can add perhaps the most important of all, 

 the fact that water is the home of vast numbers of living 

 things. Think of the amount of the earth's surface 



