Hydrologic Cycle and Natural Resources

​The Hydrologic Cycle

Open Ended

How do you think water enters the atmosphere and leaves the atmosphere?

Essential Question and Learning Objective

Essential Question

How does the earth naturally recycle water?

Hydrologic cycle is also called the water cycle

To describe the steps of the hydrologic cycle

Learning Objective

Key Vocabulary

condensation percolation

evaporation precipitation

groundwater runoff

hydrologic cycle transpiration

infiltration

Hydrologic Cycle Video Notes

1. Click the link below to make a copy of the digital Cornell notes page: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FaD6EHgsG1GkzYHmAuQm_-riV9KG9trSwKJw8uiDKL4/copy

2. Type the key vocabulary words in the "Key Vocabulary" section of your digital Cornell notes page

3. Click the link to the right to watch a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-do-HGuIk

4. As you watch the video, write notes in the "notes" section of your digital Cornell notes page

5. After you watch the video, be prepared to discuss facts and observations from the video; type a summary of the hydrologic cycle in the "summary section" of the digital Cornell notes page

Draw

Create an infographic of the hydrologic cycle. Include an image and label for each step of the hydrologic cycle

Multiple Choice

Exit Ticket: Which process will most likely decrease the amount of groundwater on earth?

• infiltration

• precipitation

• evaporation

• percolation