The Water Cycle

Evaporation (A) Condensation (B) Precipitation (C)

How old is your water?

The water in your glass may have fallen from the sky as

rain just last week, but the water itself has been around pretty much as long as the earth has! When the first fish crawled out of the ocean onto the land, your glass of water was part of that ocean. When the Brontosaurus walked through lakes feeding on plants, your glass of water was part of those lakes. When kings and princesses, knights and squires took a drink from their wells, your glass of water was part of those wells.

Evaporation

Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air.

Condensation
Water vapor in the air gets cold and
changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called condensation.

Condensation Experiment

You can see the same sort of thing at home... pour a glass of cold water on a hot day and watch what happens. Water forms on the outside of the glass. That water didn't somehow leak through the glass! It actually came from the air. Water vapor in the warm air, turns back into liquid when it touches the cold glass.

Label: Evaporation, Condensation, and Precipitation below

Importance of Water Cycle

Water Cycle Clip #2

Water Cycle Quiz

1. What covers most of the Earths surface? a. Grass b. Water c. Trees 2. Where is most of the water on Earth found? a. Oceans b. Streams c. Fruit 3. Which body of water has salt water? a. Lakes b. Oceans c. Ponds

4. What do all living things need to survive? a. Rocks b. Sand c. Water

5. What happens when water freezes? a. It turns to ice b. It evaporates c. It melts 6. The water cycle repeats itself over and over again. True or False 7. What causes water to evaporate? a. The moon b. The sun c. The stars 8. To conserve means to save. Which one is a way to save water? a. Leave water dripping b. Take short showers

Works Citation Page

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Importance of Water, The. 100% Educational Videos. 1998.unitedstreaming. 5 March 2007http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ Water: A First Look. Rainbow Educational Media. 1999.unitedstreaming. 5 March 2007http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ Information and images about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation found at: http://www.kidzone.ws/water/ Sun image obtained from: Google images http://www.atpm.com Water Cycle diagram found at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geology/label/watercycle/index.shtml