My Favorite 26 Water My Favorite 26 Water WordsWords

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October 28, 2011October 28, 2011

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A- AguaA- Agua

• Aqua is Spanish for Aqua is Spanish for water. Lots of water. Lots of people drink water people drink water and like to swim on and like to swim on water.water.

B-BayB-Bay

• A bay is a body of A bay is a body of water. It is partly water. It is partly surrounded by surrounded by land. It is not land. It is not bigger than a gulf.bigger than a gulf.

C-Coral ReefC-Coral Reef

• A coral reef is A coral reef is made of coral. A made of coral. A coral reef coral reef surrounds an surrounds an island. If you go island. If you go down into the down into the ocean you can see ocean you can see a coral reef.a coral reef.

D-DolphinD-Dolphin

• A dolphin is a sea A dolphin is a sea creature. Or you creature. Or you can call it an can call it an aquatic creature. It aquatic creature. It likes to eat fish.likes to eat fish.

E-EvaporationE-Evaporation

• Evaporation is Evaporation is when a liquid when a liquid changes to a gas. changes to a gas. You can find You can find evaporation in the evaporation in the air.air.

F-Fire HydrantF-Fire Hydrant

• A Fire Hydrant is A Fire Hydrant is what Fire Fighters what Fire Fighters use to put out fires. use to put out fires. You can find them all You can find them all over the street. A fire over the street. A fire hydrant is what holds hydrant is what holds water. Fire Fighters water. Fire Fighters put in air pressure to put in air pressure to make the water burst make the water burst out of hose.out of hose.

G-GulfG-Gulf

• A gulf is a type of A gulf is a type of body of water. It is body of water. It is a part of an ocean a part of an ocean or sea that is partly or sea that is partly enclosed by land. A enclosed by land. A gulf is usually gulf is usually bigger than a bay.bigger than a bay.

H-H2OH-H2O

• H2O is what you can H2O is what you can drink. H2O is water. drink. H2O is water. When it evaporates it is When it evaporates it is partly oxygen. H2O can partly oxygen. H2O can be salt water or fresh be salt water or fresh water. H2O stands for water. H2O stands for Hydrogen Oxygen, the 0 Hydrogen Oxygen, the 0 is 1 molecule, when they is 1 molecule, when they all are combined the all are combined the make H20. The 2 stands make H20. The 2 stands for 2 hydrogen for 2 hydrogen molecules.molecules.

I-Indian OceanI-Indian Ocean

• The Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is found in the is found in the Southern and Southern and Eastern Eastern hemispheres. You hemispheres. You can locate this sea can locate this sea on a map.on a map.

J-JellyfishJ-Jellyfish

• A jellyfish is also an A jellyfish is also an aquatic creature. If aquatic creature. If you touch one, it you touch one, it will hurt. It’s head is will hurt. It’s head is the only part you the only part you can touch, because can touch, because it is the only body it is the only body part of a jellyfish part of a jellyfish that doesn’t sting that doesn’t sting you.you.

K-KayakK-Kayak

• A kayak is a long, A kayak is a long, thin boat. You can thin boat. You can kayak on a river, kayak on a river, lake, or gulf.lake, or gulf.

L-LakeL-Lake

• A lake is a type of A lake is a type of body of water. It is body of water. It is surrounded by surrounded by land. You can swim land. You can swim or kayak on a lake.or kayak on a lake.

M-MarshM-Marsh

• A marsh is a low A marsh is a low wetland. It actually wetland. It actually grows grass! grows grass! Marshes are Marshes are usually filled with usually filled with water. You can find water. You can find marshes all over marshes all over the world.the world.

N-Niagara FallsN-Niagara Falls

• Niagara Falls is a Niagara Falls is a famous waterfall. famous waterfall. You can find You can find Niagara Falls near Niagara Falls near New York. New York.

O-OctopusO-Octopus

• An octopus is a An octopus is a aquatic creature. If aquatic creature. If you go down under you go down under the ocean you can the ocean you can find some octopus find some octopus on the bottom of on the bottom of an ocean.an ocean.

P-Pacific OceanP-Pacific Ocean

• The Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is very large. It is is very large. It is located east of located east of China, west of China, west of Chile, and west of Chile, and west of Mexico. Mexico.

Q-QuickQ-Quick

• A waterfall flows A waterfall flows quickly just like a quickly just like a river. One waterfall river. One waterfall is Niagara Falls is Niagara Falls and one river is and one river is The Hudson River.The Hudson River.

R-RiverR-River

• A river is a large A river is a large stream of water stream of water that flows into a that flows into a lake or an ocean. lake or an ocean. You can find a river You can find a river almost anywhere in almost anywhere in the whole wide the whole wide world.world.

S-SeaS-Sea

• A sea is a type of A sea is a type of body of flowing salt body of flowing salt water. It can be water. It can be partly surrounded partly surrounded by land.by land.

T-ToiletT-Toilet

• A toilet is a type of A toilet is a type of machine. It has a machine. It has a small body of small body of water in it. At first water in it. At first you’ll have clean you’ll have clean water, but then you water, but then you don’t. I use 68 don’t. I use 68 gallons of toilet gallons of toilet water a day.water a day.

U-Yukon RiverU-Yukon River

The Yukon river is a The Yukon river is a famous river. You famous river. You can find it in can find it in northern Alaska. northern Alaska.

V-VaporV-Vapor

• Vapor is a type of Vapor is a type of gas. You can see it gas. You can see it when it rains or when it rains or when you go to an when you go to an air show. Vapor is air show. Vapor is just like water just like water vapor in the water vapor in the water cycle. cycle.

W-WavesW-Waves

• You can find waves You can find waves on a coast of an on a coast of an state, country, state, country, island, or island, or continent. You can continent. You can also find them on a also find them on a beach too! You can beach too! You can surf on waves. surf on waves.

X-X-ray FishX-X-ray Fish

• A X-ray fish is a A X-ray fish is a type of fish that is type of fish that is see-through. You see-through. You can find X-ray fish can find X-ray fish in the Atlantic in the Atlantic Ocean. You have to Ocean. You have to go down very deep go down very deep until it’s the color until it’s the color black to see them. black to see them.

Y-YachtY-Yacht

• A Yacht is a type of A Yacht is a type of fancy and big boat. fancy and big boat. You can sail in the You can sail in the ocean with a Yacht.ocean with a Yacht.

Z-ZooZ-Zoo

• A zoo has lots of A zoo has lots of animals that need to animals that need to drink water to survive. drink water to survive. They need fresh water They need fresh water to survive. Some fish to survive. Some fish in the zoo need fresh in the zoo need fresh water to survive. A water to survive. A seahorse lives in a seahorse lives in a zoo. It lives in zoo. It lives in freshwater.freshwater.