Forms of water
Bodies of water
How can water be?
What can water do?
Leisure activities
Jobs
Boats
Animals which live in water
Forms of water
rain, ice, snow, dew, sleet, steam, hail, shower, downpour,
cloud-burst, snowstorm, drizzle, vapour, mist, fog
Bodies of water
sea, lake, river, ocean, stream, brook, pond,
drinkable, fresh,
reservoir, pool, puddle, spring, well, torrent,
dirty, muddy,
ground-water,canal, watertower, waterfall, …
…
Leisure activities
swimming, skiing, ice-hockey, ice-skating,
murmur, gurgle, hail,
steeple jumping, waterpolo, diving, sailing,
torrent), babble (brook),
surfing, fishing, waterskiing, canoeing,
rain, freeze,
rowing, snow-boarding, …
Jobs
fisherman, captain, sailor, scuba diver,
ship, canoe,
rescue diver, rescue party, fire-brigade,
boat, motorboat,
plumber, laundry worker, …
sailing boat, ferry,
How can water be?
wet, liquid, moist, damp,
clean, clear, limpid (clear),
foul, frozen, salty, hot, polluted,
What can water do?
flow, drizzle, trickle,
pour, patter, roar (a
thunder (against rocks), snow,
evaporate, …
Boats
boat, yacht, submarine, steam
police boat, lifeboat, speed
fishing boat, rowing boat,
Animals which live in water
hovercraft, war ship,
aircraft carrier,
cruiser, jet ski, rubber
dinghy, …
fish, frog, shark, eel, dolphin, whale, shrimp, turtle,
octopus, shellfish, jelly fish, herring, penguin, seal,
crocodile, seahorse, starfish, goldfish, sea urchin, lobster, …
1) Quickly name five animals and five plants:
2) What do these animals and plants need to live?
3) Why do we need water? Write these reasons on a poster.
WE NEED WATER
for
4) Where does water come from? Tick the answer(s) you think is (are) correct.
1) Quickly name five animals and five plants:
e.g.:
goldfish, parrot, cat, dog, rabbit, ….
e.g.: rose, tree, grass, bush, water lily, ….
2) What do these animals and plants need to live?
Water, grass, meat, milk, carrots, ….
3) Why do we need water? Write these reasons on a poster.
WE NEED WATER
for
drinking, washing, cooking, cleaning, bathing,
energy, swimming, sailing, surfing, skiing, diving,
water skiing, ice skating, …
4) Where does water come from? Tick the answer(s) you think is (are) correct.
5) Let’s study more about water!
Look at this picture. Where is there water in this landscape?
If you had magic spectacles, …….
• you could see water vapour rising up from the sea, from the trees and from
the river into the sky,
• you could see water vapour forming clouds above the sea,
• you could see the clouds move over the land and it starts to rain,
• you could see the water flowing back to the sea.
6) The water cycle.
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Look carefully at the drawing and listen to the tape!
1. Water vapour rises from the earth, plants, rivers, seas
and oceans to the sky.
2. The wind carries it high into the atmosphere.
3. The sun warms the water vapour.
4. Then it cools down to form clouds.
5. The water vapour of the clouds turns into water and falls
to the earth as rain, hail or snow.
6. Some of this water forms streams, then rivers and flows
back to the seas and oceans.
7. Some of the water sinks through the ground. This water
is called seepage water. As the water sinks through
the ground, it is cleansed by the soil.
8. When the seepage water reaches rock which does not
let water through, that is impermeable rock, it can’t sink
any more and it stops. This is called the water table.
At the water table, the seepage water forms ground water.
9. Ground-water eventually flows back to the seas and oceans.
10.Water vapour rises from the earth, plants, rivers, seas
and oceans to the sky. The water cycle begins again …..
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Now read the text for yourself and underline the keywords!
7) Let’s have a glass of drinking water!
Go to the tap and pour yourself a glass of water ] drinking water.
Look at it, taste it and talk about it.
• What does drinking water look like?
• What does drinking water taste like?
• Where does drinking water come from?
Look at the drawing and remember
the water cycle. Describe what happens.
Describe the process starting from a
raindrop to tap water.
8) Polluted water.
Sometimes ground-water becomes dirty and you can’t drink it. It is polluted.
Listen to a conversation about polluted water and tick the reasons why ground-water
can become polluted.
Ground-water often becomes polluted because of
acid rain
animals, birds and insects that dirty the soil
too many chemicals in the ground
the strength of the sun
people who dirty springs and reservoirs
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Discuss: What can we do to protect our ground-water?
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Make a poster called “Clean water” and write down your ideas.
CLEAN WATER
7) Let’s have a glass of drinking water!
Go to the tap and pour yourself a glass of water ] drinking water.
Look at it, taste it and talk about it.
• What does drinking water look like?
• What does drinking water taste like?
• Where does drinking water come from?
Look at the drawing and remember
the water cycle. Describe what happens.
Describe the process starting from a
raindrop to tap water.
8) Polluted water.
Sometimes ground-water becomes dirty and you can’t drink it. It is polluted.
Listen to a conversation about polluted water and tick the reasons why ground-water
can become polluted.
Ground-water often becomes polluted because of
acid rain
animals, birds and insects that dirty the soil
too many chemicals in the ground
the strength of the sun
people who dirty springs and reservoirs
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Discuss: What can we do to protect our ground-water?
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Make a poster called “Clean water” and write down your ideas.
CLEAN WATER
Don’t leave your garbage in the landscape!
Don’t pollute your environment!
We must not pour chemicals into the
toilet.
Use less washing powder!
We must not pour oil away.
Don’t throw cigarettes, …. into the
toilet.
9) A song.
Listen carefully and fill in the gaps.
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain.
Oh, I _____________ the days when the rain fell ________
into the ___________ and into the ___________,
________ through the ________ and ________ to the ________.
They say that the rain fell ________.
Rain on the ________ and rain in the ________,
________ fell the rain from the ________ above.
The rain brought life, ________ in every ________,
the ________ that we used to know
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain,
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain.
Oh, I _____________ the days when the rain fell ________
into the ___________ and into the ___________,
________ through the air and ________ to the earth.
They ________ that the rain fell ________.
There’s ________ in the ________ and ________ in the ________
moving in the ________ of this ________ that we ________.
I’m praying for the ________ when the rain falls ________
________ the rain we used to ________.
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain,
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain,
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain,
________ rain, crystal ________ rain, singing ________ rain.
9) A song.
Listen carefully and fill in the gaps.
__Clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain.
Oh, I ___remember___ the days when the rain fell __clean__
into the ___valleys___ and into the ___streams___,
__clean__ through the ___air___ and __clean__ to the __earth__.
They say that the rain fell __clean__.
Rain on the ___land___ and rain in the __water__,
__clean__ fell the rain from the ___skies___ above.
The rain brought life, __life__ in every __drop__,
the __rain__ that we used to know.
__Clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain,
__clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain.
Oh, I ___remember___ the days when the rain fell __clean__
into the __valleys__ and into the __streams__,
__clean__ through the air and __clean__ to the earth.
They __say__ that the rain fell __clean__.
There’s __life__ in the __woods__ and __life__ in the __waters__
moving in the __beauty__ of this __earth__ that we __know__.
I’m praying for the __day__ when the rain falls __clean__.
__That’s__ the rain we used to __know__.
__Clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain,
__clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain,
__clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain,
__clean__ rain, crystal __clean__ rain, singing __clean__ rain.
Crystal is a microscopic part of the
water vapour which rises from the sea.
Look at the drawing of the water cycle
and describe her journey around it.
Crystal is a microscopic part of the water
vapour which
rises up from the sea. The wind carries
her high into .........
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A Quiz:
Answer to the following questions by writing the correct letter
into the box: True, False, Not in this chapter.
1. In the water cycle water vapour rises from the earth,
plants, rivers, seas and oceans.
2. The wind warms the water vapour.
3. The water vapour of the clouds turns to water and
falls to the earth as water vapour.
4. Rock which does not let water through is called
impermeable rock.
5. Limestone is a typical example of impermeable rock.
6. Ground-water is often polluted by too many chemicals
in the ground.
7. Acid rain is another reason for polluted water.
8. Animals, birds and insects dirty the soil and pollute
ground-water.
Crystal is a microscopic part of the
water vapour which rises from the sea.
Look at the drawing of the water cycle
and describe her journey around it.
Crystal is a microscopic part of the water
vapour which
rises up from the sea. The wind carries
her high into .........
the atmosphere. The sun warms crystal.
When she cools down, she falls down to
the earth. Then crystal sinks through
the soil and is cleansed. At the water
table crystal is stopped by impermiable
rocks. So she flows back to the seas
where the water cycle begins again …
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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A Quiz:
Answer to the following questions by writing the correct letter
into the box: True, False, Not in this chapter.
9. In the water cycle water vapour rises from the earth,
plants, rivers, seas and oceans.
10. The wind warms the water vapour.
11. The water vapour of the clouds turns to water and
falls to the earth as water vapour.
12. Rock which does not let water through is called
impermeable rock.
13. Limestone is a typical example of impermeable rock.
14. Ground-water is often polluted by too many chemicals
in the ground.
15. Acid rain is another reason for polluted water.
16. Animals, birds and insects dirty the soil and pollute
ground-water.
1) Oceans and seas.
Do you know how many percent of our Planet Earth
is covered by water?
Colour seven parts of “Planet Earth” blue, the other
three parts brown. Yes, at least 70% of Planet Earth
is covered by water. ] It should really be called
“Planet Ocean”.
2) The five oceans.
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Try to find the five oceans of the world in the letter puzzle below.
(Look for them in every direction.)
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Place the five oceans in the correct areas of the map by writing the numbers 1 – 5.
(You can also see three seas marked – the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea and
the Caspian Sea. - What’s the difference between an ocean and a sea?)
1 – Atlantic Ocean
2 – Pacific Ocean
3 – Indian Ocean
4 – Arctic Ocean
5 – Antartic Ocean
(Southern Ocean)
3) A herring - a sea creature.
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Listen to the tape and fill in the information.
A herring is a _____________ fish.
It has a silvery ____________ and is
about _____ cm long. It lives in the
____________ ____________ and
the ________ _______ . It swims in
shoals, which means that herrings
____________ stay _____________ and always swim in the same way.
4) A recipe for baked herrings.
This is what you need:
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Read the instructions carefully.
Then number the drawings in the correct order.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Set the oven at 180°.
Grease the baking tin with cooking oil.
Wash the herrings.
Dry the herrings with the clean cloth.
Put the herrings in the baking tin.
Season the herrings with pepper and salt.
Cut the lemon.
Sprinkle the herrings with lemon juice.
Cover the baking tin with tinfoil.
Put the herrings in the oven.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Serve the herrings hot.
3) A herring - a sea creature.
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Listen to the tape and fill in the information.
A herring is a ____round_____ fish.
It has a silvery ____body____ and is
about __30__ cm long. It lives in the
___Atlantic___ ___Ocean_____ and
the __North__ __Sea__ . It swims in
shoals, which means that herrings
___always___ stay ___together___ and always swim in the same way.
4) A recipe for baked herrings.
This is what you need:
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Read the instructions carefully.
Then number the drawings in the correct order.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Set the oven at 180°.
Grease the baking tin with cooking oil.
Wash the herrings.
Dry the herrings with the clean cloth.
Put the herrings in the baking tin.
Season the herrings with pepper and salt.
Cut the lemon.
Sprinkle the herrings with lemon juice.
Cover the baking tin with tinfoil.
Put the herrings in the oven.
Bake for 35 minutes.
Serve the herrings hot.
What about doing some experiments in our English lesson?
Let’s work in five groups!
1) Water lilies
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Do you like water lilies?
Make yourself a water lily.
You will need:
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drawing paper or coloured paper
pencil or felt-tips
compasses (Zirkel)
scissors
a bowl of water
Follow the instructions and let your
water lily blossom.
Instructions
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Draw a water lily on a sheet of paper.
Use your compasses.
Colour your water lily if you want.
Cut it out.
Fold the petals (Blütenblätter) inwards.
Put your water lily bud (Knospe) into the
bowl of water.
· See what happens.
Conclusion
…………………………………………………
The thin capillary tubes (Kapillarröhrchen) of
the paper soak up water. The paper swells
up and lets the “water lilies” blossom.
2) SALT WATER
Oceans and seas are salty.
97% of the water on Planet Earth is salt water.
Warm seas are saltier than colder ones.
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Discuss why.
Describe the process in the picture.
Do the salt water experiment.
You will need:
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· a glass half full of water
· an egg
· 5 teaspoonfuls of salt
Follow the instructions and watch carefully.
Then tick the correct answers.
Instructions
Put the egg in the glass of water.
Take the egg out of the glass.
Put five teaspoonfuls of salt in the
water, stir well and wait a few
minutes.
Put the egg in the water again.
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Description
It floated.
It sank slowly.
It floated for a while then it sank.
The salt swam on the surface
(= Oberfläche) of the water.
The salt dissolved in the water.
The salt sank to the bottom of the
glass.
This time it floated.
This time it sank to the bottom.
Now write down a short experiment report and your own conclusion.
Date: _______________
The salt water experiment
We put the egg in a glass of water. _____________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Conclusion: _______________________________________________
3) WATER PRESSURE
If you want to go scuba diving you need a special outfit.
You must have a bottle of compressed air. Why?
The water pressure is enormous. In a depth of 20 m
the weight of a car will press on your chest.
Have you ever tried diving? Tell us about your experiences.
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Do the water pressure experiment.
You will need:
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Follow the instructions and watch carefully.
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· a plastic yoghurt beaker
· some sticky tape
· a ruler
Instructions
Make four holes in the plastic yoghurt beaker (with
your scissors). Be careful!
Stick sticky tape over each hole.
Fill the beaker full with water.
Take off the top piece of sticky tape.
Measure (miss ab) with your ruler how far away the
water pours from the beaker.
Write the distance down.
_______
Dry the outside of the beaker and stick the sticky
tape over the top hole again.
Fill the beaker full with water again.
Repeat the experiment with each hole and
measure the distances.
At last remove all the sticky tapes and keep filling
the beaker with water (under the water tap).
See what happens.
Dinstances:
Top hole:
_________
2nd hole:
_________
3
rd
hole:
_________
4th hole:
_________
What does this water pressure experiment show?
Write down your own conclusion.
Conclusion: _______________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
4) ACID RAIN
Many substances are emitted into the air.
Out of chimneys, from cars, from dung.
These substances pollute the air and make
the rain acid.
One of these substances is sulphur dioxide
(= Schwefeldioxid), a gas that is also released
when you light a match.
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Do the acid rain experiment.
You will need:
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a glass jar
some water
four matches
pH paper
Follow the instructions.
Be careful with the matches!
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Instructions
Put some water in the glass jar.
Light four matches at once in such a
way that the smoke is trapped in the jar.
Close the jar and shake it.
Test the water with pH paper.
Write down your result: pH ____
Information
The pH is a measure of acidity.
1 – 6 means acid
7 is neutral
8 – 14 means alkali.
Now write down a short experiment report and your own conclusion.
Date: _______________
The acid rain experiment
We put ____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
Conclusion: _______________________________________________
5) THE FELT-TIP DETECTIVE
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Are you a good detective?
Find out the secrets of felt-tip pens.
You will need:
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· a sheet of blotting paper
(Löschblatt) or filter paper
pencil
· scissors
· two black felt-tip pens
· a glass of water
Follow the instructions carefully.
See what happens. You will be surprised.
Instructions
· Draw a circle with the pencil on a sheet of
blotting paper.
· Cut it out.
· Make a small hole in the middle of the
paper.
· Now take one of the black felt-tip pens and
draw a small circle around the hole.
· Cut off a paper stripe and roll it to a little
stick.
· Put the little paper stick through the hole
(only a little bit).
· Put the blotting paper on the glass of
water – the stick must reach into the water.
· See what happens.
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Repeat your experiment with the other
black felt-tip pen.
Conclusion
The black colour is composed of several
other colours that the water splits up and
takes along on its “journey”.
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Stick your „documents“ in here:
VOCABULARY
acid rain
acidity
air
area
at least
atmosphere
baking tin
beaker
beauty
(to) blossom
blotting paper
(at the) bottom (of…)
bud
capillary tube
chemicals
chest
chimney
(to) cleanse
cloth
compasses
(be) composed of …
conclusion
covered by …
creature
crystal clear
(to) describe
depth
difference
dirty
(to) dirty
(to) dissolve
distance
(to) dive
drinking water
drop
dung
pond
(to)
pour
saurer Regen
Säure
Luft
Gebiet
wenigstens
Atmosphäre
Bratpfanne
Becher
Schönheit
blühen, Blüte
Löschpapier
Boden; am Ende von
Knospe
Haarröhrchen
Chemikalien
Brustkorb
Rauchfang
reinigen
Tuch, Stoff
Zirkel
bestehen aus …
Schlussfolgerung
bedeckt von …
Lebewesen
kristallklar
beschreiben
Tiefe
Unterschied
schmutzig
verschmutzen
auflösen
Entfernung
tauchen
Trinkwasser
Tropfen
Dung, Dünger
Teich
earth
(to) emit
enormous
eventually
(to) float
(to) flow
gap
(to) grease
ground-water
hail
herring
hole
ingredients
insects
instructions
inwards
jar
journey
keywords
landscape
leisure activities
(to) light
limestone
magic spectacles
map
(to) mark
match
(to) measure
microscopic
(to) move
ocean
oven
percent
petals
(to) plant
polluted
soil
(ein)gießen
(to)
split up
Erde
ausstoßen (z.B.Rauch)
gewaltig, enorm
schließlich
im Wasser treiben
fließen
Lücke
einfetten; Fett
Grundwasser
Hagel
Hering
Loch
Zutaten
Insekten
Anweisungen
nach innen
Krug
Reise
Schlüsselwörter
Landschaft
Freizeitaktivitäten
anzünden; Licht
Kalkstein
Zauberbrille
Landkarte
markieren; Zeichen
hier: Streichholz
messen; Maß
mikroskopisch
bewegen
Ozean
Herd
Prozent
Blütenblätter
pflanzen; Pflanze
verschmutzt
Boden, Erde
aufteilen
process
(to) pray
(to) protect
raindrop
(to) reach
reason
recipe
(to) release
(to) remove
report
reservoir
result
(to) rise
scales
sea
(to) season
secret
seepage water
(to) serve
several
sheet (of paper)
shoal of herring
(to) sink
sky
(to) soak up
Vorgang
beten
schützen
Regentropfen
erreichen
Grund
Rezept
freilassen, entlassen
entfernen
Bericht
Reservoir; Stausee
Ergebnis
aufsteigen
Schuppen
Meer
würzen
Geheimnis
Sickerwasser
servieren
mehrere, einige
Blatt (Papier)
Heringschwarm
sinken
Himmel
aufsaugen
spring
(to) stick
sticky tape
(to) stir
stream
strength
sulphur dioxide
surface
surprised
(to) take along
tap
(to) taste
tinfoil
(to) turn to
utensiles
valley
water cycle
water lily
water pipe
water pressure
water table
water vapour
water works
weight
woods
Quelle; Frühling
Stock; kleben
Klebeband
(um)rühren
Bach
Stärke
Schwefeldioxid
Oberfläche
überrascht, erstaunt
mitnehmen
Wasserhahn
schmecken
Stanniol, Alufolie
umwandeln
Utensilien
Tal
Wasserkreislauf
Seerose
Wasserrohr
Wasserdruck
Grundwasserspiegel
Wasserdampf
Wasserwerk
Gewicht
Wald
It’s raining watery words
Colour
Colour
Colour
Colour
each word that names
each word that names
each word that names
each word that names
a body of water
a form of water
an animal
a leisure activity
green.
blue.
yellow.
red.
sleet
fishing
shark
lake
ice
downpour
vapour
spring
turtle
skating
skiing
dolphin
puddle
mist
pond
diving
hail
seal
stream
whale
eel
surfing
Funny raindrops
Unscramble the words.
1
inar
2
enacl
4
zrzidle
3
catpnia
6
rhirgen
7
eas
8
matosehrep
5
tewar
11
pordarin
9
tpa
10
aeonc
13
lorais
16
lfwo
15
kridn
14
tew
18
sumbanire
17
cei
20
wsno
19
ihps
24
shfi
22
ellw
1
2
3
4
5
11
12
13
14
15
21
slayt
25
caid
23
verri
6
7
8
9
10
12
crtsaly
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Funny raindrops
Unscramble the words.
1
inar
2
enacl
4
zrzidle
3
catpnia
6
rhirgen
7
eas
8
matosehrep
5
tewar
11
pordarin
9
tpa
12
crtsaly
10
aeonc
16
lfwo
15
kridn
14
tew
18
sumbanire
13
lorais
17
cei
20
wsno
19
ihps
24
shfi
22
ellw
1 rain
2 clean
3 captain
4 drizzle
25
caid
23
verri
6 herring
7 sea
8
atmospher
e
9 tap
21
slayt
11 raindrop
12 crystal
13 sailor
16 flow
17 ice
18 submarine
21 salty
22 well
23 river
14 wet
19 ship
24 fish
5 water
10 ocean
15 drink
20 snow
25 acid