Water in the Atmosphere

General Science

6th grade

Module 2 – The Water Cycle

Lesson 1:
Water in the Atmosphere

​Learning Objective

​Explore how the transfer of thermal energy drives the process of evaporation

Starter Activity

Who do you agree the most?

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Poll

Who do you agree the most?

• Desi

• Trudi

• Max

• Carli

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Water in the atmosphere

Discussion – Raise your hand to answer

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Where is water
on earth?

Multiple Choice

How much of Earth's surface is covered with water?

• 90%
• 70%

• 30%
• 50%

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Write the answer in the textbook.

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Match

Match the following

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

clouds

tree, birds

rocks

ocean, water

• clouds

• tree, birds

• rocks

• ocean, water

Match

Match the following

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

All of the gases on Earth

All of the water on Earth

All of the soil, rocks, and Earth itself

All of life on Earth

• All of the gases on Earth

• All of the water on Earth

• All of the soil, rocks, and Earth itself

• All of life on Earth

Multiple Choice

Water exists ONLY in the hydrosphere.

It never passes through the other systems of the Earth.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What are the three states of water on Earth's systems?

• Dirt, rain, clouds

• ice, liquid water, water vapor

• ice, gas, air

• ice, gas, water vapor

What influences why
and how quickly
water “disappears”?

Lab – Investigation – Into the Air

Lab - Investigation

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Lab - Investigation

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Lab - Investigation

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​Energy from the Sun makes water disappear faster

​ Water on towel A under the Sun disappeared faster than water on towel B in the shade

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Textbook # 111

Write the answer in the textbook.

Textbook # 111

Thermal energy from the Sun causes liquid water on Earth’s surface to evaporate and become water vapor.

Lesson 16

Plenary - Alef Game

​Learning Objective

​ Identify 3 other ways in which water enters the atmosphere.

Vocabulary

• Transpiration

• Respiration

• Decomposition

Multiple Choice

_________ happens when a body of water is heated, causing molecules of water vapor to rise from it and travel into the sky.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

Multiple Choice

Water vapor in the atmosphere is ________

• visible, we can see it

• invisible, we cannot see it

Poll

Oceans are major sources of water vapor.

Poll

Plants, animals and dead organisms are other sources of water vapor.

​Page 112

Multiple Choice

The process of trees taking water from the ground and sending it up into the sky through their leaves is ________.

• photosynthesis
• respiration
• evaporation
• transpiration

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Multiple Choice

Plants and animals can both send water vapor into the atmosphere through ______

• Evaporation
• respiration

• Precipitation
• Transpiration

Match

Match the following

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Respiration

• Decomposition

releases water to air from water bodies

releases water to air from plants

releases water to air from animals

releases water to air from dead organism

• releases water to air from water bodies

• releases water to air from plants

• releases water to air from animals

• releases water to air from dead organism

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Multiple Choice

During transpiration and respiration, water vapor is released from _________

• atmosphere to biosphere

• biosphere to geosphere

• biosphere to atmosphere

• biosphere to geosphere

Multiple Choice

Which is the correct order (from most --> least) of which processes send the most water into the atmosphere?

• evaporation, respiration, transpiration

• respiration, evaporation, transpiration

• evaporation, transpiration, respiration

• transpiration, evaporation, respiration

​Plenary - Alef

​Learning Objective

​ Identify 2 ways in which water reappears.

Multiple Choice

Water vapor is visible; we can see it.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Liquid water changes to water vapor by:

• transpiration

• respiration

• evaporation

• decomposition

• condensation

Knowledge Check

✓What do you think happens to water vapor that has

evaporated into the atmosphere?

​Video - Rain Check

​ Worksheet - 10 minutes

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Drag and Drop

As water vapor ​

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through the atmosphere, it becomes ​

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,​

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thermal energy and return to the ​

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state.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

rises

cooler

loses

liquid

hotter

gains

gas

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Match

Match the following

• Condensation

• Crystallization

• Fog or clouds

Vapor changes to liquid

Liquid changes to solid

Lots of droplets blocking sunlight

• Vapor changes to liquid

• Liquid changes to solid

• Lots of droplets blocking sunlight

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Multiple Choice

When liquid water cools down and turn into crystals of ice, it is called ______.

• Crystallisation

• evaporating
• condensing
• melting

​Plenary - Alef

Multiple Choice

Which process absorbs energy?

• evaporation

• combustion
• respiration
• condensation

Multiple Select

Which processes release energy?

Tick all that apply.

• Crystallization

• Evaporation
• Condensation

• Transpiration

Multiple Choice

The correct answer is

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

The correct answer is

• A

• B

• C

• D

​ I release water vapor from my lungs when I breathe out.
Water moves from the biosphere to atmosphere.

Lesson Review

Lesson Review

Evaporation separates the water from the salt.
Next, freshwater could be produced through condensation.

Progress Check 4 - Water in the Atmosphere - Quiz

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