Runoff
What is the importance of runoff?
Runoff helps keep our oceans, lakes, seas, and other bodies of water full.
What comes after evaporation in the water cycle?
What is condensation?
At what temperature does ice form?
32 degrees fahrenheit.
What is condensation?
What part does accumulation play in the water cycle?
Accumulation refers to the stage in the water cycle in which water collects into other bodies of water because the land has already soaked up water to its limit.
What is runoff?
What is (critical thinking)?
What is the source of energy in the water cycle?
What is the Sun?
What is the most common type of precipitation?
What is rainfall?
What are 3 examples of condensation?
What is (critical thinking)?
Ex.= Dew on grass, foggy mirror, water droplets on the outside of a cold surface.
Give two examples of accumulation.
What is (critical thinking)?
Ex.= Coffee spill forming a puddle, rainwater flowing into a lake.
True or False: Does runoff cause erosion?
What is true?
Explain the process of evaporation.
Evaporation is when a liquid's surface changes into a gas.
What causes precipitation to happen?
Precipitation will happen when little droplets in the sky combine, become too heavy, and eventually drop down to the ground in the form of snow, rain, hail, and sleet.
True or False: Precipitation is a result of condensation.
What is true?
Why is accumulation important?
Accumulation is important because it creates water sources for humans, plants, and animals. Oceans created by accumulation also help regulate global temperatures!
Name 3 examples of run-off.
What is (critical thinking)?
Give three examples of evaporation in real life.
What is (critical thinking)?
Examples: Puddles outside "disappearing", Clothes drying outside, and steam from a kettle
What happens after precipitation?
The water will eventually collect in rivers, lakes, soil, and some rocks.
What does condensation look like in real life?
What is (critical thinking)?
Ex.= Water droplets on a cup.
Where does river water accumulate?
What are bodies of water?
Why does runoff occur?
Runoff occurs when the land has absorbed too much water, so water will flow/collect into lakes, rivers, oceans, or other water bodies.
What form of water does water become after evaporation?
What is a gas?
Name all the types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
What is the opposite of condensation?
What is evaporation?
What causes accumulation to happen?
Accumulation happens when the land has already soaked up enough water, so the water has to form puddles, or for other bodies of water.