Evaporation
What is the process called when water turns into vapor?
Hint: This happens when the sun heats up water in lakes or oceans.
Evaporation
What is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid water?
Hint: This is how clouds form in the sky.
Condensation
What do we call it when water falls from the sky?
Hint: This includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Precipitation
What is the term for water gathering in large bodies like lakes or oceans?
Hint: This is where water ends up after it falls from the sky.
Collection
True or False: The same water has been on Earth for millions of years.
Hint: Water keeps recycling in the water cycle.
True
What causes water to evaporate more quickly?
Hint: Think about what happens to water on a hot day compared to a cold day.
Heat
What do you see on a cold glass when you put it outside on a hot day?
Hint: This happens because warm air touches the cold glass and the vapor turns into water.
Water droplets
What kind of precipitation is solid and falls as flakes?
Hint: This is common in winter and is white and fluffy.
Snow
Name one place where water collects naturally.
Hint: These are places you might see water after a rainstorm.
Rivers or ponds
What is the largest body of water on Earth?
It covers more of the Earth’s surface than any other ocean.
Name one place where evaporation occurs in nature.
Hint: These are large bodies of water where evaporation often happens.
Oceans, lakes, or rivers
Name a common place where you can see condensation.
Hint: This happens when steam from the shower hits a cold mirror.
On a bathroom mirror after a hot shower
What type of precipitation happens when water droplets freeze in the air?
Hint: This looks like tiny ice pellets.
Sleet
What happens to rainwater that doesn’t get absorbed by the ground?
Hint: This water moves through streams to larger bodies of water.
It runs into rivers and lakes.
What is the term for water vapor in the atmosphere?
Hint: This is when the air feels damp
Humidity
What can help you see evaporation happening in a small experiment?
Hint: After it rains, what happens to water on the ground?
A puddle drying up
What is formed when condensation happens in the sky?
Hint: Clouds are made of tiny droplets of water.
Clouds
What is the term for precipitation that comes in small, round pieces of ice?
Hint: Hailstones can be hard and may bounce when they hit the ground.
Hail
How does collection help with the water cycle?
Hint: This is where the water cycle starts over.
It stores water until it evaporates again.
What type of precipitation is most common in deserts?
Hint: Deserts are known for being very dry.
Very little or no precipitation
How does evaporation affect the water cycle?
Hint: It moves water from the ground to the air.
This process starts the water cycle by turning liquid water into vapor.
How does condensation fit into the water cycle?
This is the process right after evaporation in the water cycle.
It turns water vapor into clouds.
How does precipitation return water to the ground in the water cycle?
Hint: This helps to complete the cycle and replenish water sources.
It falls from clouds to rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What can you see in a rain barrel that shows water collection?
Hint: Rain barrels are used to collect rainwater from gutters.
Water collected from the roof or other surfaces.
What is the name of the process where plants release water vapor into the air?
Plants “breathe out” water through their leaves.
Transpiration