2. What is a cycle? Clouds
Stages of Matter Precipitation
Evaporation Transpiration
Evaporation in Action The Water Cycle
Condensation Summary
Condensation in Action The End
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3. What types of cycles can you think of?
What do they have in common?
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4. Solid
Liquid
Gas
What causes water to move from a solid to a
liquid and a liquid to a gas?
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5. What is Evaporation?
Evaporation is the process of a water turning
into water vapor.
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6. Can you think of any times that you have seen
water evaporating??
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7. What is Condensation?
Condensation is the formation of water drops
from water vapor.
When does it occur?
As the Water Vapor Cools down the drops are
formed.
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8. Can you think of a time when you have seen
Condensation happening?
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9. Clouds are formed by
condensation. When the heated
water vapor rises into the sky it
comes in contact with cooler air
creating water droplets and ice
which we call clouds.
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10. What is Precipitation?
Precipitation is the process of the condensed
water in the clouds forming larger drops that
fall to the ground as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
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11. What is Transpiration?
Transpiration is the process of water moving
from the root of plants and trees to the
underside of their leaves and evaporating.
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13. There are 4 main terms to be familiar with:
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Precipitation
Know how they interact in a circle to form the
Water Cycle.
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14. Useful sites for more information
http://msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-
6/wc/water/2/wcwa2_3a.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Water_
Cycle.aspx
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