The Water Cycle FINAL

Question 1

What are some places water is found? (Hint: there are 5 listed)

Answer 1

• Plants
• Ocean, Lakes, and rivers (bodies of water)
• In the air
• Human body
• Clouds

Question 2

What are some patterns you find in the locations you find water?

Answer 2

• As the air gets colder, the water freezes
• Phase changes (solid, liquid, gas)
• Manmade or natural

Question 3

The water dinosaurs drank is the some water we drink today. How can this be?

Answer 3

The water from long ago was repeatedly going through the water cycle

Question 4

What do you see in the photo? (Hint: there are 8 listed below)

Answer 4

• Water
• Clouds
• Arrows
• Sun
• Land
• Mountains
• Volcanoes
• Ice and snow

Question 5

What do you think is happening in the photo?

Answer 5

The water is going through phases, a.k.a. the water cycle

Question 6

What do you think the arrows mean in the photo?

Answer 6

The direction to where the water is going

Question 7

What is a water reservoir?

Answer 7

Stored water

Question 8

What is a water transfer?

Answer 8

Moving water

Question 9

Where is water stored? (Hint: there are 6 listed below)

Answer 9

• Ocean
• Clouds
• Springs
• Ice and snow
• Underground
• In the air

Question 10

What makes water move

Answer 10

• heat
• Gravity

Question 11

Why does steam come off of plants?

Answer 11

This happens because when the plants get watered, it goes to the leaves and because of heat or the sun, it eventually goes up in the air and evaporate causing steam

Question 12

Is the steam coming off the plant representing a water transfer or water reservoir?

Answer 12

A water transfer (transeration)

Question 13

What is Evapotranspiration?

Answer 13

The sum of all processes by which water moves from the land surface to the atmosphere from the soil of the plant

Question 14

What does evapotranspiration include?

Answer 14

Transpiration

Question 15

What is transpiration?

Answer 15

The release of water vapor/gas from plant leaves

Question 16

What affects transpiration? (Hint: there are 7 listed)

Answer 16

• The type of plant
• Soil type in saturation
• Sunlight, ability and intensity
• precipitation
• Humidity
• The temperature
• Wind, and air movement

Question 17

How many steps does transpiration take?

Answer 17

3 steps

Question 18

How do living organisms play a role in the water cycle?

Answer 18

Living organisms play a role in the water cycle by the plants having transpiration. Transpiration is the release of water vapor, gas, from plant leaves.

Question 19

What happens to water molecules when thermal energy or heat is removed?

Answer 19

The molecules start to come closer together and slow down
The water gets more dense
And it goes to a solid from a gas

Question 20

What happens to water molecules when thermal energy is added?

Answer 20

The molecules start to move, farther apart and move faster
It gets less dense
It starts to form into a gas

Question 21

What causes water to move up towards the sky?

Answer 21

The sun’s heat

Question 22

What causes water to fall towards the earth?

Answer 22

Gravity

Question 23

what is the difference between the sun and gravity?

Answer 23

Heat from the sun is a type of energy and gravity is a type of force

Question 24

What is happening on the molecular level between the heat and gravity?

Answer 24

Gravity keeps water down, while the sun keeps the water up

Question 25

How does the molecular level help us to make sense on a larger scale?

Answer 25

It helps us to understand the phase changes of the water