Water Cycle
What is the water cycle?
When water moves up and down and all around the earth
What is weather?
What the air outside is like. Rainy, windy, and sunny are kinds of weather.
Which tool can you use to measure how the sun warms Earth?
Thermometer
What is Evaporation?
When heat from the sun warms up ground water and turns it into water vapor.
Which describes a tornado?
A. a storm with a lot of rain, thunder, and lightning
B. a bolt of electricity in the sky
C. a spinning cloud with a cone shape
C
What is Precipitation?
When rain, snow, sleet or hail fall from the clouds.
What is temperature?
How hot or cold something is
How can you gather evidence for the claim that the sun heats Earth's air and a lake differently?
A. Look at each carefully.
B. Guess the temperature of each.
C. Measure each with a thermometer.
C.
Evaporation turns liquid water into:
Gas; Water Vapor
Which describes a thunderstorm?
A. a storm with a lot of rain, thunder,
and lightning
B. a spinning cloud with a cone shape
C. a bolt of electricity in the sky
A.
What is Condensation?
When water vapor cools down and turns into a liquid
What is a meteorologist?
A meteorologist is a weather scientist.
Will a cup of water evaporate faster in the sun or in the shade?
In the sun
During Condensation, when the water vapor cools down, it turns into what?
A liquid
How can you prepare for a tornado?
A. stand under a tree
B. stay inside a safe place
C. wait in a car
B
True or False: Condensation happens in the clouds.
True
What is water vapor?
Water on Earth’s surface evaporates and becomes a gas.
Jaxson puts a cup of water in an open container and leaves it in the sun. What will happen to the water?
A. It will evaporate.
B. It will go through no change.
C. It will heat up but not evaporate.
A.
What are the forms of Precipitation?
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
True or False: A hurricane is a big storm with heavy rain and strong wind
True
When the sun heats up the water and turns it into water vapor it is called:
Evaporation
What are the types of seasons?
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Thomas sets a cup of soil and a cup of water out in the sun. After an hour, the soil has a higher temperature than the water. What claim does this evidence support?
A. Land heats faster than water.
B. Water heats faster than land.
C. The sun heats land and water the same
A.
True or False: The water cycle recycles water
True
Describe what lightning is:
A flash of electricity in the sky