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What 5 words would you use to describe water?

This is a little test that in theory suppose to give a little insight about you -What exactly? I tell you in my best answer comment-It should only take you only about five minutes -if you know already please don't ruin for others-finding out what exactly you said about yourself is the fun part.
Rules
!) The person who you are describing it to has never seen it.
2) After each word give a brief reason why you use that word
3) Don't use words like wet or percipitation-act if the whole concept of water is foreign to that person
4)Don't use colors

2006-07-15 20:32:25 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music Polls & Surveys

Rule 1 means you have to describe it as if the person you are talking to has never seen any water before

2006-07-15 20:41:07 · update #1

Ok People –Thanks for your answers. I know I said I would post the meaning of the test in best answers but I think here is better. That way, voters will know what they are voting for.
This was one of similar exercises, a group that I was a part of did as a ice breaker at a conference. We enjoyed all of them but this one especially. If you had not guessed it by now -it is about SEX. I realize it is just a generation but from what I realized from what I wrote -there was some truth to it. And at the very least a little entertaining. Posted below is the excerpt of what we used.-

2006-07-16 17:07:26 · update #2

Some single terms are adequate but descriptions tend to be more telling. More insight is gain by discovering what the words mean to the subject. Water sources represent feminine traits of intimacy & sensuality. Masculine traits represented by references of sea life and sources of travel, display high libido and/or a preference for the role of predator, aggressor or initiator A perceptive description shows your views on sex come from what you perceive as ideal and what ideal is to them. Those who base their views on sex by their experience use words that invoke the senses and display their experiences as well. A common response may include that sex is most common, necessary, and the basis of life itself.

2006-07-16 17:08:00 · update #3

Science terms could be displays of the separation of emotion and the sex act or acknowledgement of the complexities of Human sexuality. Other terms chosen speaks of the power, danger, purity (or impurity) and domination of sex as they view it or have concluded through their own experiences. Descriptions of these terms tell us whether if it is positive or negative. For example, Danger in references to storms, flooding and drowning. Such terms may for restraint and respect that may add to the value of sex, or display a negative or apprehensive approach to it.

2006-07-16 17:08:21 · update #4

10 answers

1. Foundation - It is the foundation of all life on Earth.
2. Habitat - Many organisms live submerged in water for their entire lives.
3. Compound - It is a compound of two elements which allows many of water's properties; for instance, hydrogen bonding makes water 'stick' together.
4. Element - Because water appears readily in three different forms (states of matter), some early scientists believed that it made up all wordly things. A theory was later conceived in which it was believed that water was one of four elements, also including fire, earth, and air.
5. Cycle - The water cycle is necessary for most regions of the earth to get water. Without it, organisms would not inhabit a large portion of the earth.

Here's my explanation for rule 1: So maybe the person is an alien, or maybe they've just come out of a coma they've been in for their entire lives. It doesn't matter. I believe that what this rule is getting you to do is basically the same as the goal of number 3, but also broadening it in hopes that you will give them a good sense of what water is from your words.

2006-07-15 20:47:47 · answer #1 · answered by Pink for Flower 1 · 13 3

Variable- it can be any size, it can be hard (ice, or a large amount hit at high speed), it can be soft (a small amount), it can be a gass (clouds)

Crucial- without water, life would not exist

Independant- couldnt really think of the right word, so this will have to do, anyway, we dont control the oceans or anything, and we couldnt really change them that much

I wouldnt use any others.

2006-07-16 05:45:41 · answer #2 · answered by Joga Bonito 4 · 0 0

pour the water over there head. pour it means to douse someone. the a word that is used a lot.water a liquid that will get u wet.over asn above,there,as to describe somthing,head,everybody as one.

2006-07-16 04:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by kathy r 2 · 0 0

A clear( not having any colour),
odourless( no smell),
tasteless(no taste) ,
liquid( not in solid or gaseous form),
universal(found everywhere on earth).

2006-07-16 03:43:02 · answer #4 · answered by Cutie 4 · 0 0

Flowing
Rushing
Fluid
Graceful
Waving

2006-07-16 07:33:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The person I'm describing water to has never seen it? Is he/she dead?

2006-07-16 03:42:09 · answer #6 · answered by Toot 3 · 0 0

elusive--you can't hold it in your hands
necessary--you need it to live
invigorating-it refreshes you when you are too warm
buoyant--if you get into lots of it
additive--to many things

2006-07-16 04:30:59 · answer #7 · answered by Moma 7 · 0 0

Peaceful
Calm
Motherly
Vast
Pure

And I don't get rule 1# either. :)

2006-07-16 03:41:55 · answer #8 · answered by Purplgirl 5 · 0 0

i dont get rule #1.

ohhhhh.... now i get it!

calm
flowing
clear
liquid
refreshing

is this a trick???

2006-07-16 03:38:37 · answer #9 · answered by $ I~♥~ELMO $ 5 · 0 0

liquid
pure
cool
refreshing
transparent

2006-07-16 03:48:26 · answer #10 · answered by Kicky 6 · 0 0

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