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My Favorite 26 Water Words. JJ October 28, 2011 4 th Grade Discovery. Aqua is Spanish for water. Lots of people drink water and like to swim on water. A- Agua. A bay is a body of water. It is partly surrounded by land. It is not bigger than a gulf. B-Bay.
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My Favorite 26 Water Words JJ October 28, 2011 4th Grade Discovery
Aqua is Spanish for water. Lots of people drink water and like to swim on water. A- Agua
A bay is a body of water. It is partly surrounded by land. It is not bigger than a gulf. B-Bay
A coral reef is made of coral. A coral reef surrounds an island. If you go down into the ocean you can see a coral reef. C-Coral Reef
A dolphin is a sea creature. Or you can call it an aquatic creature. It likes to eat fish. D-Dolphin
Evaporation is when a liquid changes to a gas. You can find evaporation in the air. E-Evaporation
A Fire Hydrant is what Fire Fighters use to put out fires. You can find them all over the street. A fire hydrant is what holds water. Fire Fighters put in air pressure to make the water burst out of hose. F-Fire Hydrant
A gulf is a type of body of water. It is a part of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land. A gulf is usually bigger than a bay. G-Gulf
H2O is what you can drink. H2O is water. When it evaporates it is partly oxygen. H2O can be salt water or fresh water. H2O stands for Hydrogen Oxygen, the 0 is 1 molecule, when they all are combined the make H20. The 2 stands for 2 hydrogen molecules. H-H2O
The Indian Ocean is found in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres. You can locate this sea on a map. I-Indian Ocean
A jellyfish is also an aquatic creature. If you touch one, it will hurt. It’s head is the only part you can touch, because it is the only body part of a jellyfish that doesn’t sting you. J-Jellyfish
A kayak is a long, thin boat. You can kayak on a river, lake, or gulf. K-Kayak
A lake is a type of body of water. It is surrounded by land. You can swim or kayak on a lake. L-Lake
A marsh is a low wetland. It actually grows grass! Marshes are usually filled with water. You can find marshes all over the world. M-Marsh
Niagara Falls is a famous waterfall. You can find Niagara Falls near New York. N-Niagara Falls
An octopus is a aquatic creature. If you go down under the ocean you can find some octopus on the bottom of an ocean. O-Octopus
The Pacific Ocean is very large. It is located east of China, west of Chile, and west of Mexico. P-Pacific Ocean
A waterfall flows quickly just like a river. One waterfall is Niagara Falls and one river is The Hudson River. Q-Quick
A river is a large stream of water that flows into a lake or an ocean. You can find a river almost anywhere in the whole wide world. R-River
A sea is a type of body of flowing salt water. It can be partly surrounded by land. S-Sea
A toilet is a type of machine. It has a small body of water in it. At first you’ll have clean water, but then you don’t. I use 68 gallons of toilet water a day. T-Toilet
The Yukon river is a famous river. You can find it in northern Alaska. U-Yukon River
Vapor is a type of gas. You can see it when it rains or when you go to an air show. Vapor is just like water vapor in the water cycle. V-Vapor
You can find waves on a coast of an state, country, island, or continent. You can also find them on a beach too! You can surf on waves. W-Waves
A X-ray fish is a type of fish that is see-through. You can find X-ray fish in the Atlantic Ocean. You have to go down very deep until it’s the color black to see them. X-X-ray Fish
A Yacht is a type of fancy and big boat. You can sail in the ocean with a Yacht. Y-Yacht
A zoo has lots of animals that need to drink water to survive. They need fresh water to survive. Some fish in the zoo need fresh water to survive. A seahorse lives in a zoo. It lives in freshwater. Z-Zoo