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Water Cycle

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Science

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3rd Grade

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NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, 5-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4

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Mrs. Lindemuth

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11 Slides • 9 Questions

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Multiple Select

Quick Review! Which is more dense?

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Hot Water

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Cold Water

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Penny

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Paper

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Vocabulary

Downhill: leading down toward
the bottom of a slope

Run Off: the draining away of
water from the surface of an area
of land

Infiltration: water moves into the
ground from the surface and
begins to soak into the soil and
rock layers underneath

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The Water Cycle

▸ Take a look at

this picture.
What do you
know about
the water
cycle?

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Multiple Choice

How does water get back up into the sky?

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Condensation

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Evaporation

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Precipitation

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Run off

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Stages of the Water Cycle

  1. Condensation

  1. Precipitation

  2. Collection

  3. Evaporation

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Evaporation

Evaporation is…
● Water into gas
● Sunlight
● Disappearing
● Warmth

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Open Ended

Give an example of evaporation!

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Transpiration

Transpiration is…
● Evaporation from a plant,

flower, or tree

● When water turns into

gas from a plant, flower,
or tree

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Condensation

Condensation is…
● Clouds
● Gas turns back into a liquid

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Precipitation

Precipitation is…
● Snow
● Freezing rain
● Rain
● Hail
● Sleet

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RunOff and Infiltration

Runoff is…
● Water moving off of

something (hill,
mountain)

Infiltration is…
● Water soaking into the

ground

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Collection

Collection is…
● Lake
● River
● Stream
● Ocean
● Bay
● Puddle
● Pool
● Pond

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Multiple Choice

Quick Quiz! Which comes first in the water cycle?

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Condensation

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Precipitation

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Transpiration

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Wait...it's a cycle...it doesn't have a start!

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Multiple Choice

Which is an example of precipitation?

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Plants giving off water

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Water soaking into the ground

3

Hail

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Water rising into clouds

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Multiple Choice

What is an example of a place where water can collect?

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Oceans

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a rubiks cube

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Mrs. L I have no idea

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Evaporation

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Multiple Choice

What is run off?

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Water goes downward into a slope

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Water runs off of land

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Water evaporates into the air

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Water comes from the sky

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Multiple Choice

What is transpiration?

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When water returns to the sky

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When water comes from the sky

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When water evaporates off of plants or trees

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When water becomes rain

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Open Ended

What is one question you have about the water cycle or anything we have learned today?

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