Water Cycle 20-21

Water Cycle 20-21

Poll

Select all of the following terms that looks familiar

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Groundwater

Hydrological Cycle

Hydro(Water) the process by which water is conserved and recycled on Earth's Surface; Driven by The SUN

Water's many forms

• Solid- Ice, Snow, Sleet, Hail

• Liquid- Oceans, streams, rivers, bays, lakes, groundwater, clouds

• Gas-Water Vapor

Multiple Choice

What is the Energy Source for the Hydrological (Water) Cycle

• Sun

• Rain

• Wind

• Oceans

Multiple Choice

What is water called in its gas form?

• Precipitation

• Ice

• Water Vapor

• Air

Water in the Atmosphere

• Precipitation- Condensed water falls back to earth from the atmosphere

• Sublimation- Snow and Ice going directly to the atmosphere (Solid to gas)

• Evaporation- Liquid water going into the atmosphere as a gas (largest source of Water Vapor)

• Condensation- Water Vapor(Gas) converting to liquid water. Forms as clouds

Multiple Choice

What process forms clouds?

• Condensation

• Evopotranspiration

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

Poll

Which of the following do you think are precipitation?

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

• Rain

• Dew

Water Cycle on the surface

• Ice and Snow- Cap mountains around the planet and the polar regions

• Runoff- When water is precipitated and move to a place of accumulation (snowmelt or surface)

• Evotranspiration (transpiration) Water evaporating directly from a plant rather than water source

• Freshwater and Oceans - Places where liquid water accumulates

Water Cycle in the ground

• Infiltration- the process of water seeping into the ground

• Groundwater Storage- water stored in the ground (will return to the atmosphere through evaporation)

• Plant uptake- Water being drawn into plants to be used for photosynthesis

Multiple Choice

If groundwater reaches earth's surface, how does it reenter the water cycle?

• by transpiration

• by evaporation

• by accumulation

• it can't

Weathering and Erosion

Weathering and Erosion

• Weathering: is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface

• Erosion: is the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind, water, and glaciers 

  
  

Chemical and Physical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering: dissolving of rocks and minerals by chemical forces (karst topography)

• Physical Weathering: changing earth's surface through movement of rock and soil by water, wind, or glaciers (ice wedging)