Vocabulary
What is evaporation?
change in state of matter from a liquid to gas
Does the water cycle ever stop?
no
Yes!
What is condensation?
change in state of matter from a gas to a liquid
What is the sun's 'job' in the water cycle?
To heat and evaporate the water
What did the student in the video from yesterday use for her atmosphere?
Ice cubes
What is fresh water?
water found in rivers, lakes, glaciers, ice sheets and underground
Most of the water from the Water cycle comes from which body of water?
the ocean
In the video we watched yesterday, what does the student use instead of the sun's energy?
What is an ocean?
the entire body of saltwater that covers about 71% of Earth
What does temperature have to do with the water cycle?
When the student lifted the "clouds" (cling wrap) off the bowl, what was she checking for?
How much precipitation was on "land" (the smaller bowl)
What is the water cycle?
the constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans and living things
What happens after precipitation?
It can either be absorbed by plants, percolate through the soil to become ground water, run off the surface into streams and rivers--becoming surface water and eventually flowing into the oceans, or evaporate.
When boiling a pot of water on the stove, what does the water represent, what does the steam represent and was does the stove represent?
water = ocean
steam= water vapor
stove= sun