Water Cycle and Water Properties

Water

There are three states of water--solid (ice), liquid (water), and gas (water vapor)

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States of water

Water boils at 100^o Celsius (C)

Water freezes at 0^o Celsius (C)

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States of Water

States of water

The process of going from a liquid to a solid is freezing

The process of going from a solid to a liquid is melting

The process of going from a liquid to a gas is evaporation

When a plant or other organism releases water vapor it is transpiration

The process of going from a gas to a liquid is condensation & the process of going from a solid to a gas is sublimation

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States of water

Specific Heat

Water has a high specific heat, which is the amount of energy it takes to raise it one degree Celsius. This is why during the summer, the water at the beach is cool!

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The change in state from a gas to a liquid

• Transportation

• Condensation

• Groundwater

• Sublimation

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The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also the release of water vapor into the air by other organisms.

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Groundwater

• Sublimation

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The change of state from a solid directly to a gas.

• Transpiration

• Groundwater

• Sublimation

• Condensation

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What temperature does water freeze at?

• 5C

• 0C

• 15C

• 212C

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What is specific heat?

• The amount of energy it takes to cool down 1 degree

• The amount of energy it takes to boil 1 liter of water

• The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature 1 degree

• The amount of energy it takes to melt 1 gram of ice

Water Cycle

The water cycle continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and other bodies of water.

The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, land, oceans, and other bodies of water.

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Water Cycle

Water Cycle

The water cycle begins with water being evaporated with energy from the sun. Then water vapor cools down and condenses into clouds. The clouds get heavy and water falls in the form of precipitation.

Precipitation is water falling from clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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Water Cycle

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Any form of water that falls from the earth's surface from the clouds

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Groundwater

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Select forms of precipitation

• Rain

• Sleet

• Snow

• Oil

• Hail

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What powers the water cycle?

• The sun

• The moon

• The wind

• The ocean

​Run off is when water that can't be absorbed in the soil runs downhill because of gravity. Contributes to streams, lakes, rivers, etc.

Water Cycle

Surface water is water on the surface of land. All bodies of freshwater found above the land is surface water.

Surface water

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces

Groundwater

2 types of water

Examples:

Lakes and rivers

Glaciers

Wetlands

Surface water

Examples:

Aquifers

Geyser

Natural Springs

Groundwater

2 types of water

Groundwater

Aquifers -- An Aquifer is an underground layer of rock and soil that can hold water and allows the flow of groundwater. It is permeable, which means that things can go through it. Water can seep into the ground from surface water in a process called infiltration.

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All the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground

• Surface water

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

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A body of rock or sediment that stores ground water and allows the flow of ground water.

• Surface water

• Precipitation

• Aquifer

• Infiltration

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Some of the water on land seeps into the ground.

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

• Water cycle

• Infiltration

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Select all three that are examples of surface water

• Lakes and rivers

• Wetlands

• Sewers

• Glaciers

• Aquifers

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Select all three that are examples of groundwater

• Geyser

• Natural Spring

• Aquifer

• Lakes

• Wetlands