Water Cycle

What is water? Identify 5 ways you use water

Vocabulary Cycle- something that happens again and again Evaporate – change from liquid to gas Condense – change from gas to liquid Precipitation- rain, snow, sleet, or hail Transpiration – water given off by plants and animals Runoff – water that stays above ground Aquifer – underground water source

Match the term and its meaning ____ Cycle A) change from gas to liquid ____ Evaporate B) change from liquid to gas ____ Condense C) something that happens again and again ____ Precipitation D) Water given off by living things ____ Transpiration E) Water that stays above ground ____ Runoff F) Rain, snow, sleet, hail ____ Aquifer G) Underground water source

Read the passage Answer the questions Complete a diagram of the water cycle

Some water goes into the ground. It becomes groundwater. A cycle is something that happens over and over again. Many materials cycle through nature. Water moves through a cycle. Evaporation happens when the sun warms the water. The water changes to water vapor and goes into the air. Most evaporation is from the ocean. Condensation happens when the water vapor cools. Tiny droplets of water in the air form clouds. When the droplets become large enough, they fall as precipitation – usually rain or snow. Some water goes into the ground. It becomes groundwater. Other water goes into streams, rivers and lakes as runoff.

Questions Name 2 kinds of precipitation. What is evaporation? What process happens after evaporation? What is a cycle? Why is temperature important in the water cycle?

Use these terms to label the diagram Evaporation Water vapor Condensation Precipitation Run off Snow Rain Hail

heating evaporation ocean vapor air lakes heating evaporation ocean On a warm, sunny day, water in a glass of water seems to slowly disappear. This is because the energy from the sun is _______________ the water up and turning the liquid water into water ______________. This process is called ___________________. When the water evaporates, it becomes an invisible gas in the _____________________. Evaporation takes places all over the earth, but especially in the ________________ and ________________ where there is lots of water.

Condenses rain droplets crystals Condensation Condenses rain droplets crystals As the water vapor rises, it cools off and ______________________ into water _________________. If the water vapor becomes extremely cold, it will form ice ________________ instead of water droplets. As the water droplets or ice crystals grow bigger and more numerous, they form ___________________.

Heavy fall rain snow sleet Precipitation Heavy fall rain snow sleet If water droplets or ice crystals become too _______________, they can’t stay in the air. They _________________. Water droplets precipitate as ________________ and ice crystals precipitate as _________________. Sometimes, the rain freezes before it hits the earth and precipitates as _________________.

glaciers plants streams Runoff Rivers runoff cycle glaciers plants streams This precipitation gathers into ________________ and _________________ that flow down to the lakes and oceans. This is called __________________. Not all of the water makes it back to the oceans and lakes right away. Some of it is used by animals and ________________. Some is frozen into ___________________. Eventually, the animals and plants breathe the water out and the glaciers melt, releasing the water back into the water _______________.

Water Words Rain ice cube steam Snow river frost dew icicle Hail Stream vapor Glacier Iceberg waterfall lake Ocean River sleet Creek Tears sweat We can find water in many places and in many forms. Water can be solid, liquid or a gas. Choose 8 of these water words. Create a story, poem or song using the words you select.