WATER CYCLE 7.E.1.2 November 5, 2014

Agenda: HW due Friday Warm Up: Answer on your binder. (Answer in complete sentence) 1. Where is altitude or elevation greatest? 2. Where is air pressure greatest? 3. Where does air have less mass? 4. Where are oxygen molecules farther apart? 5. Where is the temperature the coldest? 6. Where would air seem the heaviest? 7. Where might a hiker have the most difficulty breathing? 8. As you move toward sea level, from B to A, what will happen to the air pressure and the air temperature?

Outside of Foldable ◦ The process by which water moves through the Earth and atmosphere ◦ Evaporation: the process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat. ◦ Condensation: the cooling of water in the atmosphere, changing gas to a liquid. ◦ Precipitation: water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail. ◦ Ocean: largest body of water on Earth. 75% of the Earth’s surface. ◦ Sun: provides energy that evaporates water and heats land.

Inside of Foldable ◦ Directions: ◦ Fill in the blanks ◦ Neatly color and glue into note’s section of binder

Check your Foldable (it should look similar to this)

Exit Ticket ◦ What are the two ways that water vapors return back to the atmosphere? ◦ What type of weather can be created from the water cycle?