The Water Cycle 1. List as many places as you can think of that stores water (Try for a big number) - Dams - Water tanks - 2. How does water get into the world? 3. *How does water move from one place to another ? Evaporation: This is when warmth from the sun causes water from oceans, lakes, streams, ice and soils to rise into the air and turn into water vapour (gas). Water vapour droplets join together to make clouds! Condensation: This is when water vapour in the air cools down and turns back into liquid water. Precipitation: This is when water (in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet) falls from clouds in the sky. Collection: This is when water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. Most will infiltrate (soak into) the ground and will collect as underground water. The water cycle is powered by the sun's energy and by gravity. The sun kickstarts the whole cycle by heating all the Earth's water and making it evaporate. Gravity makes the moisture fall back to Earth. 4. Brainstorm: Why are some places water poor and others have more than they need? This is because water is unevenly distributed around the world. One of the factors is the location of the place and how close they are to the equator. Another factor is climate change. 5. Write a brief explanation about what you can see happening in the image below ( Answered in question 3) 6. Read Textbook Oxford Text page 202
