Water Cycle

The Water Cycle Video Watch the video, then answer the questions below. Match the term to the correct definition. Water Cycle the process by which water continuously moves around Earth Evaporation occurs when the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes, or oceans and turns it into vapor or steam that goes into the air. Transpiration process by which plants lose water out of their leaves. Condensation occurs once the water vapor is in the air, it gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds Precipitation occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow. Which habitat on Earth would probably add the greatest amount of water to the water cycle through evaporation? cold lake desert sand warm ocean mountain rock As water moves through the water cycle, it may become – a solid a liquid a gas all of the above In which location on the diagram is water changing from a liquid to a gas? A B C D Match the term with the correct definition runoff water that flows along the ground returning to rivers, ponds, lakes, and oceans. groundwater the water that infiltrates in the ground or gets absorbed by the soil, water underground. accumulation places where water collects and then gets evaporated. Includes lakes, ponds, streams, and oceans. sun major source of thermal energy that powers the water cycle. ocean biggest body of water that absorbs the most thermal energy from the sun, where most of the evaporated water comes from. Refer to the image below when completing the matching activity. heat lamp represents the sun, provides heat and causes evaporation ice cubes causes cooling in the atmosphere plastic wrap represents the atmosphere and traps water vapor All of the water on Earth today has been on Earth... for about 100 years. for a short time because it is constantly being created. for just over 1000 years. for millions (maybe billions) of years.