Water Cycle
What is the water cycle?
The continuous movement of water on earth.
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have nobody, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
An echo.
I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?
A key
What causes evaporation?
When the Sun heats up water
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Breath.
I am always hungry, I must always be fed. The finger I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire.
What is condensation?
When water vapor cools down and turns back into tiny liquid water droplets
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness.
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone, and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map.
What is precipitation?
Any form of water that falls from clouds to Earth
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.
I can be cracked, made, told, and played. What am I?
A joke.
What role does the Sun play in the water cycle?
Provides energy that heats water and causes evaporation, which starts the entire cycle.
What has hands but can’t clap?
A clock.
You measure my life in hours and I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow. The wind is my enemy. What am I?
A candle.