5.10 Water Cycle

​5.10 A Water Cycle

By Danielle Johnson

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• Draw the anchor chart inside of your Science Folder/Notebook.

• Take your time and use your best handwriting.

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​Water Cycle Anchor Chart

• A large body of saltwater that stores heat and provides water for the water cycle.

Ocean

• The main source of energy that heats Earth and drives the water cycle.

Sun

Vocabulary Words

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The _______ stores heat and provides water for evaporation.

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The ______ provides heat energy that drives the water cycle.

• Continuous movements of ocean water that carry warm and cool water and affect weather patterns.

Ocean Currents

• Heat and light energy from the Sun that causes evaporation and warms Earth's surface

Solar Energy

Vocabulary Words

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Warm and cool water move through the ocean in patterns called ________.

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__________ is the heat and light energy from the Sun that powers the water cycle.

• A group of tiny water droplets or ice crystals formed by condensation in the atmosphere.

Clouds

• The continuous movement of water through evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection.

Water Cycle

Vocabulary Words

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A _______ forms when water vapor condenses into tiny droplets.

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The movement of water on Earth is known as the ________.

• When water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets.

Condensation

• When solar energy heats water and changes it from a liquid to water vapor.

Evaporation

Vocabulary Words

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When liquid water changes into gas, the process is called ________.

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Water vapor cooling and forming clouds is called ________.

• Water in gas form that rises into the atmosphere,

Water Vapor

• Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Precipitation

Vocabulary Words

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Water falling from clouds is called ________.

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Water in gas form is called _______.

• The amount of water vapor in the air.

Humidity

• The condition of the atmosphere, including temperature, wind, clouds, and precipitation.

Weather

Vocabulary Words

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___________ is the amount of water vapor in the air.

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__________ describes the condition of the atmosphere each day.