An Ocean is an example of...
Collection
Give three examples of precipitation
rain, sleet, snow, hail
TRUE or FALSE: The water on Earth today is the same water that was here during the ice age.
True
Label C
evaporation
A mud puddle drying in the sun.
evaporation
Evaporation is the opposite of...
Condensation
What do we call water in a gas form?
water vapor
TRUE or FALSE: Water is constantly moving and changing from one form (liquid, gas, solid) to another.
True
Label D
condensation
Morning dew on the grass.
condensation
Water that flows over the surface rather than soaking into the ground.
Runoff
What is one negative impact that humans can have on the water cycle?
Atmospheric Pollution --> Acid Rain
TRUE or FALSE: Liquid will change to a solid when heat is added.
False.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Liquid will change to a _____ when heat is added.
This process is called _____.
Label G
collection
A sunflower uses its roots to pull water up from the soil.
Plant Uptake
How easily water can run through something.
Permeability
What is one way that evaporation can help humans?
purification
TRUE or FALSE: If a rock has high porosity, it has low permeability.
false
Label B
transpiration
Water from a river ends up in the ocean.
Collection
How much space / how many holes is in a material.
Porosity
For each of the three states of matter that water can exist in, give an example. (e.g. liquid: rain)
SOLID: Snow, Ice, Glacier, etc.
LIQUID: Rain, Lake, Ocean, River, Dew, etc.
Gas: Water Vapor, Steam, etc.
TRUE or FALSE: Transpiration is when a drop of water on top of a leaf evaporates into the atmosphere.
False.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Why is the previous statement incorrect?
(Transpiration is when a drop of water on top of a leaf evaporates into the atmosphere.)
Label 7
infiltration
A tree gives off water vapor into the atmosphere as a waste product.
Transpiration