Water Cycle 1
What does evaporation change water to?
What are the three types of precipitation?
The three types of precipitation are rain, sleet and hail.
List five ways that water can be filtered.
sieving, boiling, distilling, reverse osmosis and activated carbon etc.
What is an important thing to filter out of dirty water?
The most important things to filter out of dirty water are sticks, leaves, rocks and large particles.
What is the water cycle powered by?
The sun
What are the four main stages of the water cycle?
The four main stages of the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.
What can runoff cause?
Runoff can cause erosion.
What two solid everyday objects did people use in their water filters?
The two solid materials most groups used was gravel and sand.
True or False, The water cycle is unnatural and a man made process
False. The water cycle is a natural process
After precipitation occurs, what are the two possible things that could happen?
The two possible things that could happen are runoff and infiltration.
What percentage of fresh water is in the form of icebergs?
75% or three quarters
What material was added to a bottle filter that made a huge difference (apart from gravel and sand)
A cloth or sponge
True or False, The water cycle has no real beginning or end.
True
What effects the water cycle and the process of it.
Temperature, humidity, wind speed and solar radiation.
What is transpiration?
Transpiration is when the water is absorbed into the plant roots. The water then travels up through to the leaves and escapes as water vapour.
How do water filters work?
They filter out harmful microscopic organisms from normal water.
True or False, The rates of evaporation and precipitation are the same and balanced.
True
Why is the water cycle an important component on how we live?
It is important because it ensures water availability for living organisms as well as regulating weather patterns.
Why does water vapour condense when it travels far above the Earth?
Which one among these diseases does not spread through contaminated water supply? botulism, dysentery, bronchitis
Bronchitis
Which among these is a disease caused by contaminated water? jaundice, heart disease, Alzheimers
jaundice