The Water Cycle 1
What state of matter is water when it is in the ocean?
Liquid
What state of matter takes the shape of its container?
Liquid
An educated guess
Hypothesis
The Sun
Water falling to Earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet
Precipitation
What state of matter has a fixed shape no matter the container?
Solids
The proper way scientists go about doing an experiment and recording it step by step
The Scientific Method
The oceans
Water in the form of gas
Water vapor
Gas
What makes a guess "educated?" Why is a hypothesis an "educated guess?"
Achieved through research and observations
During which stage of the water cycle do clouds form?
Condensation
Condensation
For a liquid to change into a solid, what needs to happen?
It needs to cool down
A test designed to check the hypothesis
Experiment
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere
A cloud
Water droplets forming on the mirror when you are taking a hot shower is an example of:
Condesnation
As wet clothes dry...what is happening to the water?
The water is evaportating
Name 2 things that a hypothesis must be:
Measurable and testable
Water that flows over the land after precipitation
Runoff