Wow- The Water Cycle

Alex Smith

Content Area: Science

Grade Level: 4

Summary: The purpose of this power point is to give the students the ability to learn about the water cycle.

Learning Objective: Given information, the students will be able to accurately answer questions pertaining to the water cycle.

Content Standard: GLE 0407.8.1 Recognize the major components of the water cycle.

Accomplishment: SPI 0407.8.1 Identify the basic features of the water cycle and describe their importance to life on earth.

The Water Cycle is also known as The Hydrologic Cycle.

It is made of of a few main parts: Evaporation (and transpiration)

Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air.

Condensation Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid,

forming clouds. This is called condensation. Precipitation

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.

Collection When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back

in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land.  When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the “ground water” that plants and animals use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers where the cycle starts all over again

Facts:

What is another name for The Water Cycle?

The Cloud and Water Thing

The Hydrologic Cycle

The Hydrosphere

The Thing that Happens to Water

Correct!You did it!

Condensation is when water vapor in the air gets cold and

changes back into liquid, forming clouds.

True

False

Correct!Good Job!

When the sun heats up in lakes or oceans, it is called:

EvaporationCondensationCollectionPrecipitation

Correct!Way to go!

SummaryWe have gone over the main

components of the water cycle!

Keep studying and you will do great!

INCORRECTTry Again!

Credits http://www.enchantedlearning.com/wgifs/Watercycle.GIF

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

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