Understanding the Water Cycle

The video explains the water cycle, detailing how water travels globally through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. It highlights the cycle's role in weather events and demonstrates it with a simple kitchen experiment. The cycle is powered by the Sun, affecting water in oceans, clouds, and underground. The video emphasizes the importance of understanding this cycle and its impact on the environment.

What is the water cycle?

• A process that involves only the oceans

• A system that explains the movement of water on, above, and below the Earth

• A cycle that only includes rain and snow

• A process that occurs only in the atmosphere

Which process involves water turning into vapor?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

What happens during condensation?

• Water turns into vapor

• Water molecules stick together to form clouds

• Water falls as rain

• Water freezes into ice

What is the primary source of energy for the water cycle?

• Wind

• The Sun

• The Earth's core

• The Moon

What is precipitation?

• The process of water turning into vapor

• The process of water falling from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

• The process of water vapor rising

• The process of water soaking into the ground

What can happen to water after it falls as precipitation?

• It can run into streams, soak into the ground, or evaporate again

• It can only be used as drinking water

• It can only flow into the ocean

• It can only evaporate immediately

How can water be stored underground?

• By soaking into the ground through soil pores

• By being absorbed by plants

• By forming ice

• By evaporating

What is the purpose of the kitchen experiment?

• To create clouds in a bowl

• To show the water cycle in a simple way

• To measure the temperature of water

• To demonstrate how to make rain

What does the plastic wrap represent in the kitchen experiment?

• The atmosphere

• The Sun

• The ocean

• The ground

What are the three main processes of the water cycle?

• Precipitation, freezing, and sublimation

• Evaporation, sublimation, and freezing

• Condensation, precipitation, and melting

• Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation