Did You Know?
Some animals drink from rivers!
Why We Drink
We drink to stay healthy and cool.
Types of Drinks
We can drink water, juice, or milk.
What drinking Does
Drinking keeps us from being thirsty.
It helps our body work well.
Drinks can taste sweet or sour.
We need drinks to grow big.
Drinks help us play and run.
Some drinks are good for our bones.
More About drinking
Drinking has been part of life for a long time. People have always needed water. They found ways to get drinks from rivers and lakes.
Every day, we drink to feel good. When we run or play, we need to drink more. It helps us not feel tired.
In the future, we will find new drinks. Some may taste great and help us stay healthy!
How Topics Connect
graph TD
A["Drinking"] --> B["Ingesting Liquids"]
B --> C["Methods of Drinking"]
C --> D["Humans"]
C --> E["Other Animals"]
D --> F["Swallowing"]
F --> G["Peristalsis in Esophagus"]
What Do These Words Mean?
ingesting:taking in or consuming
proboscis:a long, flexible mouth part
swallowing:moving food or liquid down the throat
peristalsis:the wave-like movement that pushes food through the body
physiological:related to how the body works
