Water Cycle Review

Answer the following questions in your Science Journal.

1. How does the sun affect the water cycle?
2.

What happens during the

evaporation stage of the
water cycle?

3.

What happens during the

condensation stage of the
water cycle?

4.

What happens during the

precipitation stage of the
water cycle?

5. Water can be a solid, liquid or gas. In which stage of the water cycle can you
find water in its liquid form?
a. Solid form?
b. Gas form?
8.

What would cause an increase in surface run-off?

9. How do plants contribute to
the water cycle?
10. How could a really hot and sunny day cause a lot of
precipitation the following day?
11. When you leave a cold glass of water outside on a
sunny day, why do water droplets form on the
outside?
12. Where does the most of evaporated water come
from?