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The Water Cycle
What comes after precipitation?Collection
What comes after evaporation?Condensation What comes after condensation?Precipitation
Hail falls to the ground.Precipitation
Fluffy clouds form in the sky.Condensation
Water in a birdbath dries up.Evaporation
The grass becomes wet. Precipitation
Sleet falls.Precipitation
The step after precipitation. Evaporation
Thermometer What does a thermometer measure?
Temperature
What units does a thermometer
use?
Fahrenheit °FCelsius °C
Wind Vane
The arrow faces the way the weather is
blowing from.
What does a wind vane measure?
the direction of the wind
Barometer
Barometer readings can tell us:
• how dry the air is.
• if it is going to storm.
A barometer measures air pressure.
What instrument would best help the gardener?
Rain Gauge
Why?????It can let us know how much it is raining.
If you wanted to go outside and play which instrument would you
use to know what to wear?
• Thermometer • Rain gauge
temperature
air pressure
rainfall
wind direction
Using the pen, match the picture to the thing it measures.
Drought
• Drought is when there is little water.
A drought is a period of time when there is little A drought is a period of time when there is little rain which causes serious problems such as rain which causes serious problems such as crop damage and/or water supply shortagescrop damage and/or water supply shortages
What causes a drought?What causes a drought?
Drought is caused by the lack of rainfall. Drought is caused by the lack of rainfall.
Impacts of Drought
• Stop washing cars
• Stop watering yard
• Fire risk raised (As forests dry)
• Lack of water for crops/drinking water
What causes a flood?
• Large amount of rainfall
• Bodies of water overflow
• Hurricanes, winter storms and snow melt are common (but often overlooked) causes of flooding.
• Hurricane Katrina is the largest flood disaster in our nation’s history and was caused by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma.