Big Idea 9: Phases of Water

Front

Water can be a solid, liquid, or gas. Which picture shows water as a solid?

Back

Front

Water can be a solid, liquid, or gas. Which picture shows a liquid?

Back

Front

The picture shows a thermometer in a pot of water. Read the thermometer. What is the water in the pot doing?

Back

boiling

Front

What happens to water that causes it to change from a liquid to a solid?

Back

It is cooled.

Front

Sam’s mom boils water in a pot on the stove. Which of these describes how the state of water changes when the water begins to boil?

Back

liquid to gas

Front

What happens during evaporation?

Back

something changes from a liquid to a gas

Front

Which process is the opposite of condensing?

Back

evaporating

Front

What is happening in the cloud? The water vapor in the cloud becomes a liquid, as shown in the picture below. The liquid then falls to earth as rain.

Back

condensation

Front

To change state from a solid to a liquid is to

Back

melt

Front

When ice melts, _______________

Back

it changes from a solid to a liquid