This lesson contains 21 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Items in this lesson
The Water Cycle
Slide 1 - Slide
The Water Cycle
Slide 2 - Mind map
Evaporation
When liquid water heats up, its molecules move faster, and some of the molecules near the surface break away and become a gas (water vapor) which rises in the air.
Ex: a puddle drying up or steam from a boiling pot of water
Slide 3 - Slide
Condensation
When water vapor (water as a gas) cools, the molecules slow down, condense (come together), and form liquid which are shown as clouds in the water cycle.
Ex: a cloud or drops on a cold beverage bottle
Slide 4 - Slide
Precipitation
When the liquid water molecules become dense and heavy enough, they fall from the clouds and to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, etc.
Ex: a spring rain or a winter snow
Slide 5 - Slide
Collection
When the precipitation falls, it has to go somewhere, so many times the water is directed to rivers, lakes, oceans, and/or groundwater.
Ex: snow-melt runoff flowing into a stream or rain falling into the ocean.
Puddle water heats and turns to vapor, vapor cools and forms clouds, liquid water gets dense enough and falls as rain, rain falls into the ocean.
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Video
00:15
Rain is an example of what?
A
Condensation
B
Evaporation
C
Collection
D
Precipitation
Slide 9 - Quiz
00:45
Through what stage of the water cycle will the puddles disappear?
A
Precipitation
B
Collection
C
Evaporation
D
Condensation
Slide 10 - Quiz
01:12
When the rain water falls into the rivers and soaks into the ground, which water cycle phase is it?
A
Collection
B
Condensation
C
Precipitation
D
Evaporation
Slide 11 - Quiz
01:12
What is water vapor?
Slide 12 - Open question
02:32
Clouds are an example of what phase of the water cycle?
A
Precipitation
B
Condensation
C
Evaporation
D
Collection
Slide 13 - Quiz
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Collection
Slide 14 - Drag question
Which stage of the water cycle is...
Slide 15 - Slide
A cloud?
A
Evaporation
B
Condensation
C
Precipitation
D
Collection
Slide 16 - Quiz
Melted snow that is directed to a river?
A
Evaporation
B
Condensation
C
Precipitation
D
Collection
Slide 17 - Quiz
A puddle disappearing on a sunny day?
A
Evaporation
B
Condensation
C
Precipitation
D
Collection
Slide 18 - Quiz
Hail?
A
Evaporation
B
Condensation
C
Precipitation
D
Collection
Slide 19 - Quiz
BONUS QUESTION! What is the evaporation of water in plants?
A
transpiration
B
sublimation
C
perspiration
D
runoff
Slide 20 - Quiz
Remember...
We see the water cycle on a daily basis, whether it is the pond in our backyard, a cloud in the sky, a puddle drying up on a sidewalk, or a snowstorm that causes a snow day. Water is always in movement, and it always cycles back around.