Y7 Geography Review: Water Cycle & Mapping

Y7 Geography Review: Water Cycle & Mapping

Learning Intentions:​

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To review all of the Geography work we covered in the first half term of Spring Term

You need a piece of paper and pen / pencil.

Open Ended

Over this first half term what have you learnt? What topics have been covered?

Multiple Choice

What is precipitation?

• Water vapour turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

• Water turns into tiny droplets (vapour) which float in the air.

• Water falling from the sky in any form (rain/sleet/ snow/hail)

Multiple Choice

What is evaporation?

• Water seeping into the ground.

• Water turns into tiny droplets (vapour) which float in the air.

• The Sun’s energy – the driver of the water cycle

Multiple Choice

What is infiltration?

• Water seeping into the ground.

• Water vapour turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

• Water moving along the surface of the ground.

Multiple Choice

What is condensation?

• Water stored underneath the ground.

• Water vapour turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

• Water being evaporated off plants

Multiple Choice

What is run-off?

• Layer under which groundwater is stored.

• The Sun’s energy – the driver of the water cycle

• Water moving along the surface of the ground.

Multiple Choice

What is groundwater storage?

• Water stored underneath the ground.

• Water being evaporated off plants

• Water seeping into the ground.

Multiple Choice

What is solar energy?

• Water vapour turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

• The Sun’s energy – the driver of the water cycle

• Water turns into tiny droplets (vapour) which float in the air.

Multiple Choice

What is transpiration?

• Water vapour turns back into liquid, forming clouds.

• Water stored underneath the ground.

• Water being evaporated off plants

Multiple Choice

What is the water table?

• Layer under which groundwater is stored.

• Water seeping into the ground.

• Water stored underneath the ground.

Water cycle diagram video. 10 mins.

• You need a piece of paper and pen / pencil, follow the video to complete the water cycle diagram.

• If you do not have any equipment, write out each stage of the water cycle:

• Describe the role the sun plays, how do clouds form, what happens when the clouds become too heavy, the 2 ways water reaches the sea.

The Water Cycle – Green Pen – EXAMPLE. ​

• Describe what the sun does to the oceans in the water cycle​ ​

  Sentence Starters: “the sun heats up the water in oceans” what will happen to the water? 

• In the chat put some ideas of how you would answer this question.

The Water Cycle – Green Pen – EXAMPLE. 

• Describe what the sun does to the oceans in the water cycle​ ​

  Sentence Starters: “the sun heats up the water in oceans” what will happen to the water? 

• ANSWER: The sun heats up the water in oceans and that water becomes water vapour, which is warm, wet air. This warm air rises up in the air.

The Water Cycle – Green Pen – EXAMPLE. ​

• Explain how evaporation happens​ ​

  Sentence Starters: “evaporation is where liquid water becomes a gas” ​

  Think about: how this happens, the role solar energy plays. 

• In the chat put some ideas of how you would answer this question.

The Water Cycle – Green Pen – EXAMPLE. ​

• Explain how evaporation happens​ ​

  Sentence Starters: “evaporation is where liquid water becomes a gas” ​

  Think about: how this happens, the role solar energy plays. 

• ANSWER: Evaporation is where liquid water becomes a gas. Solar energy from the sun heats up the water in oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers, and that water becomes water vapour, which is warm, wet air. This warm air rises up in the air because warm air always rises.

The Water Cycle Questions. 10 mins.

• On google classroom answer either the pink or the orange questions in full sentences. 

• SUPER CHALLENGE: Why is it important to learn about the water cycle? 

Open Ended

Describe the three different paths a water droplet takes on the water cycle.

HINT: what will happen to a rainwater droplet when it falls from the sky.

Open Ended

Why might Manchester be at risk of flooding?

MAKE SURE to write in full sentences, explain your answer.

Causes of flooding.

Open Ended

Which of these do you think are the most important cause of flooding? Which do you think is the least important cause of flooding?

Why? Explain your answer.

Open Ended

Which cause of flooding might become more or less important in the near-future?

Why? Explain your answer.

Open Ended

What is soft engineering? Do you have any examples?

Open Ended

What is hard engineering? Do you have any examples?

Open Ended

Should Manchester do more Hard or more Soft engineering? Explain your answer.

(Challenge: Consider both points of view.)

Open Ended

Understanding water is important so…