Lesson #5: The Water Cycle

Using the textbooks in you groups:1. Label the water diagram2. Write a definition for evaporation,

condensation, accumulation, precipitation, subsurface runoff, surface runoff.

blue book one: pages 48 & 49green science to 14: pages 74

Water Cycle Find It! Quiz

Name______________________________

Use the Little Explorers picture dictionary to answer the following questions. The Word Starts With this Letter Hint Answer

W A substance that is very important to us. We need it to live, and it covers over two thirds of the surface of the Earth. _____________________________

O A large body of water on the surface of the earth. _____________________________

E A process in which liquid water turns into water vapor (a gas). _____________________________

P In transpiration, water from these objects evaporates into the atmosphere. _____________________________

C A fluffy-looking object in the sky that contains tiny water droplets or ice particles. It is formed when water vapor condenses. _____________________________

R This type of precipitation is water that falls from clouds in a liquid state. _____________________________

S This type of precipitation is water that falls from clouds in a fluffy, frozen state. _____________________________

G A large, slowly-moving river of ice . _____________________________

R A large, flowing body of water that usually empties into a sea or ocean. _____________________________

W The process in which water circulates from the oceans to the clouds to the land to the rivers, and then accumulates back into the oceans. ____________________

Accumulation - the process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes).

Condensation - the process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water. Condensing water forms clouds in the sky. Water drops that form on the outside of a glass of icy water are condensed water. (This term appears twice in the diagram.)

Evaporation - the process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas). Water vaporizes from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, from the surface of the land, and from melts in snow fields.

Precipitation - the process in which water (in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky.

Subsurface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in underground streams, drains, or sewers.

Surface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in surface streams, rivers, or canals.

Transpiration - the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere. Water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by evaporating through pores in the plant.

The never ending storyAs a group you must present one of the following to the class:1. Play2. Comic strip3. Pop up poster