The Water Cycle
What are four types of precipitation?
Rain, Sleet, Snow, & Hail
_______ occurs when the precipitation falls to Earth and collects in lakes, oceans, rivers, and streams.
Collection
True or False: Seasons are caused by the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
False
Earth's axis is tilted at __ degrees.
23.5
What is dew?
Dew is water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening due to condensation.
Evaporation occurs when
heat is added to a liquid.
What are the three phases of water?
Liquid, Solid, and Gas
Seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth's _____.
axis
Earth's axis is tilted at _____ degrees.
23.5
TRUE or FALSE: Water vapor is in the air and you can see it.
FALSE
Precipitation is ____________________________.
Precipitation is any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth.
Water in gas form is called
water vapor
How often do we experience a Solstices?
Twice a year.
In which month do we experience the shortest day of the year?
And which month has the longest day?
January
July
Why do we have leap years?
An Earth year is 365 days and 6 hours so when you add that, each four years we gain 24 hours.
When does condensation happen?
Condensation happens when gas changes to a liquid.
Water freezes at what degree?
32 degree F
or
0 degree C
When the sun is hitting the Northern Hemisphere directly, they are experiencing _____ time.
summer
Explain what the water cycle is.
The water cycle is the process of water changing from one form to another over and over again.
The recycling of water on Earth.
Does the water cycle have a start and stopping point?
No
No, the water cycle is a cycle that continues over and over again.
Some might say that it starts with evaporation, but all the steps of the cycle rely on one another.
The ____ ____ is the movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to Earth’s surface as precipitation.
water cycle
What are three reasons the water cycle is important?
All living things need water to survive.
The water cycle allows water to be recycled over and over again.
By going through the different forms of water, it allows for us to always have water as a natural resource on Earth.
_____ is the halfway between each solstice, where daylight and nighttime are equal
Equinox
What are the 8 moon phase, in order?
New moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent.
What is the correct order of the planets from the Sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune