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The Water Cycle
Terms
water cycle
evaporation
transpiration
sublimation
condensation
precipitation
Fill in the Blank
●The air inside a class of ice would feel
warm/cold/room temperature
●Ice would melt/evaporate/remain frozen if
it were left outside on a hot day.
●The ice absorbs energy from/maintains its
energy/releases energy into the
surroundings when it melts
Question
● Movement of water between the
atmosphere, land, oceans, and
even living things is known as
____________?
Believe it or not
● Plants and animals release water vapor into
the air through special processes
● Wind can carry water vapor great distances
● Wind is also responsible for creating ocean
currents at different depths
The Stages of the Water Cycle
● ____________ is when liquid water
changes to water vapor
● ______% of water vapor in the air is
from evaporation.
● Where does most of Earth’s evaporation
happen? ____________
The Stages of the Water Cycle
● The release of water vapor by plants into the
atmosphere is through ______________
● How does this happen?
● ______% of water vapor in the atmosphere is
through transpiration.
The Stages of the Water Cycle
● When solid liquid (ice) changes directly to
water vapor without first becoming liquid
water is ______________
● Sublimation can happen when dry air blows
over ice or snow and where the pressure is very
low
● Sublimation accounts for very little water
vapor in the atmosphere
Label
● Label each process in the picture
Process in the picture:
The Stages of the Water Cycle
● When water vapor in the air changes back into
liquid water, this is the process called
_________________
● The water vapor condenses on small particles,
such as dust, forming little balls of tiny water
droplets
● These droplets float as clouds, fog, or mist
● Water vapor may also condense on cool surfaces to
form dew
The Stages of the Water Cycle
● In clouds, water droplets “stick” together
● Once large enough they will fall to Earth
● Any form of water that falls to Earth from
clouds is called ___________________
Water Movement
● Water flows downhill both __________
ground and ____________.
● Streams, rivers, and the water that flows over
land are types of _________________
which flow to oceans, lakes, and marshlands.
Don’t Forget
● Water will also seep into the ground and this
process is called _________________
● Once underground, the water is then called
______________
ICE!!!!!!!!!
● Earth’s ice is mostly stored on the ice caps of
_______________ and
__________________
● Glaciers cover about ____% of Earth’s surface
● Glaciers can be called “rivers of ice”
● ___________ are floating chunks of ice in
the ocean that have chipped off a glacier
The Ocean Currents
● Wind carries surface currents for thousands of
miles
● Deep ocean currents depend on temperature
and salinity
● Regardless, large amounts of water are being
moved in all currents
What does the Water Cycle do?
● Each state (solid, liquid, gas) has some energy
in it
● Energy is either______________ or
________________ from its surroundings
● Thus, energy and matter are transferred all
over Earth
Energy
● Energy is transported in the water cycle
through ________________
● Ex.
● These processes affect ____________ and
_____________
The Transfer of Energy
Questions to add
●Where did the water droplets in clouds
come from?
●What happens to when water falls from
the sky?
●Does the water cycle work in a circular
motion? If no, how do you know?