The Water Cycle

The Great Aqua Adventure: The Water Cycle Watch this video about the water cycle. Listen and watch carefully. Be sure to understand the following terms: evaporation, condensation, water vapor, precipitation, Water Cycle Diagram Label the diagram using the following tags: precipitation, sun, evaporation, clouds, condensation, water The driving force behind the water cycle is the energy from the sun.The sun heatsup water on land and in the oceans, lakes, and seas. The water changes from liquid to vapor in a process called evaporation.The water vapor cools and in a process called condensationforms droplets in the atmosphere. These droplets become clouds.The droplets (or ice crystals if it’s cold enough) gather and then fall from the sky in a process called precipitation.This precipitation gathers in streams and rivers and flows and becomes run off, flowing back down to the oceans, seas, and lakes. Match the terms with their definitions. condensation Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. evaporation When the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. precipitation Water that falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow. Draw It! Create your own diagram of the water cycle. Use any tools you'd like.