The Water Cycle
Click the link below to view an interactive diagram for the water cycle.
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-adv.html_
Click on the link below to view all of the parts of the water cycle. This page will get you started with "Atmosphere." See the complete list on the left side of the webpage.
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-adv.html_
Click on the link below to view all of the parts of the water cycle. This page will get you started with "Atmosphere." See the complete list on the left side of the webpage.
Summary of the Water Cycle!
What is the water cycle? What is the water cycle? I can easily answer that—it is "me" all over! The water cycle describes the existence and movement of water on, in, and above the Earth. Earth's water is always in movement and is always changing states, from liquid to vapor to ice and back again. The water cycle has been working for billions of years and all life on Earth depends on it continuing to work; the Earth would be a pretty stale place without it.
Where does all the Earth's water come from? Primordial Earth was an incandescent globe made of magma, but all magmas contain water. Water set free by magma began to cool down the Earth's atmosphere, and eventually the environment became cool enough so water could stay on the surface as a liquid. Volcanic activity kept and still keeps introducing water into the atmosphere, thus increasing the surface- and groundwater volume of the Earth.
The water cycle has no starting point, but we'll begin in the oceans, since that is where most of Earth's water exists. The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Some of it evaporates as vapor into the air; a relatively smaller amount of moisture is added as ice and snow sublimate directly from the solid state into vapor. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere, along with water from evapotranspiration, which is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. The vapor rises into the air where cooler temperatures cause it to condenseinto clouds.
Air currents move clouds around the globe, and cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the sky as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Snowpacks in warmer climates often thaw and melt when spring arrives, and the melted water flows overland as snowmelt. Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where, due to gravity, the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff, and groundwater seepage, accumulate and are stored as freshwater in lakes.
Not all runoff flows into rivers, though. Much of it soaks into the ground as infiltration. Some of the water infiltrates into the ground and replenishes aquifers (saturated subsurface rock), which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface-water bodies (and the ocean) as groundwater discharge, and some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as freshwatersprings. Yet more groundwater is absorbed by plant roots to end up as evapotranspiration from the leaves. Over time, though, all of this water keeps moving, some to reenter the ocean, where the water cycle "ends" ... oops - I mean, where it "begins."
What is the water cycle? What is the water cycle? I can easily answer that—it is "me" all over! The water cycle describes the existence and movement of water on, in, and above the Earth. Earth's water is always in movement and is always changing states, from liquid to vapor to ice and back again. The water cycle has been working for billions of years and all life on Earth depends on it continuing to work; the Earth would be a pretty stale place without it.
Where does all the Earth's water come from? Primordial Earth was an incandescent globe made of magma, but all magmas contain water. Water set free by magma began to cool down the Earth's atmosphere, and eventually the environment became cool enough so water could stay on the surface as a liquid. Volcanic activity kept and still keeps introducing water into the atmosphere, thus increasing the surface- and groundwater volume of the Earth.
The water cycle has no starting point, but we'll begin in the oceans, since that is where most of Earth's water exists. The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Some of it evaporates as vapor into the air; a relatively smaller amount of moisture is added as ice and snow sublimate directly from the solid state into vapor. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere, along with water from evapotranspiration, which is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. The vapor rises into the air where cooler temperatures cause it to condenseinto clouds.
Air currents move clouds around the globe, and cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the sky as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Snowpacks in warmer climates often thaw and melt when spring arrives, and the melted water flows overland as snowmelt. Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where, due to gravity, the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff, and groundwater seepage, accumulate and are stored as freshwater in lakes.
Not all runoff flows into rivers, though. Much of it soaks into the ground as infiltration. Some of the water infiltrates into the ground and replenishes aquifers (saturated subsurface rock), which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface-water bodies (and the ocean) as groundwater discharge, and some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and emerges as freshwatersprings. Yet more groundwater is absorbed by plant roots to end up as evapotranspiration from the leaves. Over time, though, all of this water keeps moving, some to reenter the ocean, where the water cycle "ends" ... oops - I mean, where it "begins."
The site below site is so cool! You can click on the link (on the right side of the page) to read the information in your native language!
Listen to the water cycle song below:
Sing along with the words on the right.
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Water Cycle Song: By Mr. Parr
Water not working hard? Yeah right picture that with a flip And better yet, go to the Troposphere Take a video of water's trip Takes a droplet from ground to air And I just want y'all know that Water's life, let's enjoy the flight C.Parr, Teacher, Water Cycle That's right water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight It's H2O, from the sky back to the Earth below Water's in flight Evaporation Then Condensation Precipitation And Surface Runoff Cycle of Water, Cycle of Water, Cycle of Water, Grab somebody you know and tell them Hey! Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Let's measure it right Cause the more and more that all the Water Vapor is in The air so high Cause the Moisture is seen And makes Relative Humidity It is just rain, warm air holds more vapor, water keeps flowing And cold air resides less H2O in, not flowing Psychrometer, humidity it's checking Vapor makes Clouds shapely Mixes with Dust Particles greatly Changes warm to cold And it's quite a sight Soggy Molecules Of water evaporates and then become vapor in flight And then rises up condenses to form the clouds of white And it could rain or drizzle, or snow, or sleet tonight And this repeats tomorrow That's right water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight It's H2O, from the sky back to the Earth below Water's in flight |
Evaporation Then Condensation Precipitation And Surface Runoff Cycle of Water, Cycle of Water, Cycle of Water, Grab somebody you know and tell 'em hey Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Under the stars Cirrus clouds are feathery top of the world A wispy bit As you go down Stratus Clouds are all spread out And when they thicken causing precipitation Baby, Baby, and it ain't no secret The lowest one Cumulus puffy and fluffy Fair weather that is the best Nimbus means rain, maybe Add it to the clouds and then It changes the meaning By making it rain Heavily Molecules Of water evaporates and then become vapor in flight And then rises up condenses to form the clouds of white And it could rain or drizzle, or snow, or sleet tonight And this repeats tomorrow That's right water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight It's H2O, from the sky back to the Earth below Water's in flight Evaporation Then Condensation Precipitation And Surface Runoff Cycle of Water, Cycle of Water, Cycle of Water, Grab somebody you know and tell them Hey! Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight Water droplets are in flight |
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Directions: Play the following interactive game called "Thirstin's Water Cycle" then answer the questions on the guided worksheet.
guided_notes_for_the_interactive_game.docx | |
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water_cycle_vocabulary.pdf | |
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Study Support- Water Cycle
Layers of the Atmosphere
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/ES14/ES14.html
Layers of the Atmosphere Illustration:
https://docs.go_ogle.com/file/d/0B4WTsALS_dZFd01raE9VYUNvVVE/edit_
http://thestuffofsuccess.com/2013/01/layers-of-the-atmosphere-a-learning-tool.html
https://docs.go_ogle.com/file/d/0B4WTsALS_dZFd01raE9VYUNvVVE/edit_
http://thestuffofsuccess.com/2013/01/layers-of-the-atmosphere-a-learning-tool.html
Layers of the Atmosphere: Flipbook information
http://www.cpalms.org/Uploads/resources/75516/2/15/docs/Our%20Amazing%20Atmosphere%20Flip%20Book.pdf_
http://www.cpalms.org/Uploads/resources/75516/2/15/docs/Our%20Amazing%20Atmosphere%20Flip%20Book.pdf_