Water Cycle Quick Review

Water Cycle

Part 1: Evaporation

• The sun shines down on a body of water

• The water turns into water vapor

• Finally it drifts into the atmosphere up to part 2 Condensation.

• Image is of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming it the largest hot spring in the united states.

Poll

What does Evaporation mean?

• The process of liquid turning into vapor

• The process of water turning into a solid

• The process of water turning into chocolate milk

Part 2: Condenstation

• After water Evaporates and turns into water vapor it drifts up from the surface

• A cloud is formed in sky from the water droplets

• Condensation is the convertion of vapor into liquids like water

Multiple Choice

Condensation is when a _______formed________by droplets and ________.

• Condensation is when a cloud formed by droplets and water vapor.

• Condensation is a cloud formed by droplets and heat.

Part 3:Precipation

• When water falls from the the clouds

• There are four types of precipation: rain, hail, snow and sleet

Multiple Select

What are the different types of preciptation?

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Dew

Part 4: Collection

• Water that has fallen in any form gathers together in the oceans, lakes, river, streams.

• Puddles are also form from the process of water collection.

• All of these collections of water make up the ground water.

Open Ended

What do you think happens to the water in these collections?

Multiple Select

Which terms are part of the water cycle?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipation

• Collection

• Complication