(6th) Unit 4 "Water, Water Everywhere!" - Vocabulary 1

Unit 4:

"Water, Water Everywhere!"

Vocabulary 1

Objective: To describe different bodies of water. To identify and use action words related to water.

6th grade
Week 22
Miss Conny

Waterfall

• a natural fall of water from a height such as a rock or a cliff.

Wet

• covered in water 

Soak

• to put something in a liquid for a period of time.

Multiple Choice

Don't throw water at me! It's very cold and I don't want to get ______.

• waterfall

• wet

• soak

Multiple Choice

Last summer I went to the South of Chile and we saw some really tall and beautiful ______.

• waterfalls

• wet

• soak

Multiple Choice

If you want to cook lentils, you have to ______ them in water for a few hours before cooking them.

• waterfalls

• wet

• soak

Salt water

• sea water

• salty water

• water with salt

Sea

• a large area of salt water

• the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth’s surface.

Multiple Choice

The ocean has _____ but you can't drink it! It's bad for you!

• salt water

• sea

• waterfall

Multiple Choice

I love looking at the _____. It has a beautiful color and I love watching the waves.

• salt water

• sea

• waterfall

Sea level

• the level of the surface of the sea.

• it's used to measure the height of an area of land.

Float

• to stay on the surface of a liquid (usually water)and not go under it.

Glacier

• a very large mass of ice that moves very slowly.

Multiple Choice

I can't swim! I can barely _____ so I don't drown!

• sea

• glacier

• float

Multiple Choice

Some _____ are melting because of global warming.

• float

• glaciers

• soak

Multiple Choice

The city of Calama is above the _____.

• float

• sea level

• soak

Carve

• to make designs, shapes, etc.  by cutting a piece of wood, ice, etc.

A drop of water

• a small, round-shaped amount of water.

Freeze

• to make into or become ice.

• to become hard and solid because it is very cold.

• to feel very cold.

Multiple Choice

In Halloween, some people ______ pumpkins to make scary faces on them.

• freeze

• sea level

• carve

Multiple Choice

In winter when it's too cold, the drops of water ______ before they fall!

• freeze

• float

• soak

Fresh water

• water that doesn't contain any salt

• water found in lakes and rivers.

Swamp

• an area of very wet and soft land.

• Shrek lives in a swamp!

Filter

• to remove solids from liquids to clean them

• you can usually filter liquids by using special equipment

Multiple Choice

Some people ______ the water of their pools so it stays clean for a long time.

• freeze

• swamp

• filter

Multiple Choice

I have never seen a _____ in real life. I imagine they smell bad and the water is very dirty!

• filter

• swamp

• carve

Multiple Choice

I am very thirsty! I need a glass of cold ____!

• drop of water

• fresh water

• sea level