The Water Cycle

 Introduction

Our class is going on a trip through the water cycle.  We  are all going to become drops of water.  We will discover the answers to the following questions.
Why does water change into many forms?
What is the water cycle?
How does it affect our lives?
Not only will you learn the answers to these questions but you will also become the teacher and teach your classmates what you have learned.

Today’s Task

You are going to explore the following websites to answer the questions below…

 

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

When the sun heats up water, it rises into the air and turns into ________________ or _____________.

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml

Why are the oceans salty?

 

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html

As water moves through the water cycle, it can be in the form of a solid, liquid or gas. True or false?

 

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html

What percentage of earth’s water is in the oceans?

 

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

Precipitation occurs when the clouds get too heavy and water falls in the form of ___________, ____________, ___________, or _______________?

 

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/groundwater.html

What is groundwater?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

Why is surface runoff an important part of the water cycle?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

Describe the water cycle.

 

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml

Use the diagram to tell what stage of the water cycle happens after the water evaporates?

 

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml

What provides energy to evaporate water from the earth’s surface?