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Exploring the Water Cycle and Cloud Formation

Learn about the water cycle, different forms of precipitation, and the process of cloud formation. Understand the concepts of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Engage in activities that make you think and reinforce vocabulary. Suitable for all ages.

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Exploring the Water Cycle and Cloud Formation

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  1. Vocabulary Precipitation Pictures Makes you think Definitions 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

  2. A collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals

  3. What is a Cloud?

  4. Continuous movement of water into the air and ground, onto and over land and back

  5. What is the Water Cycle?

  6. A measurement of how hot or cold something is

  7. What is temperature?

  8. Liquid in the air in the form of a gas

  9. What is vapor?

  10. Condensation that occurs outdoors due to warmer air striking a colder surface

  11. What is dew?

  12. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is above 32 degrees

  13. What is rain?

  14. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is below 32 degrees

  15. What is snow?

  16. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is above 32 degrees, but the ground is frozen

  17. What is frost?

  18. Water falling to the ground when the air temperature is above 32 degrees, but the air just above the ground is below 32 degrees

  19. What is sleet?

  20. Frozen rain that falls to ground

  21. What is hail?

  22. What is happing between the letters C and D?

  23. What is Evaporation?

  24. What is happening between letters A and B?

  25. What is precipitation?

  26. What is happening between letters D and A?

  27. What is Condensation?

  28. Which of the following is an example of condensation occurring in the water cycle? A. water flowing down a river B. underground water soaked into rocks C. ocean water changing to water vapor D. clouds or dew forming

  29. What is (D.) clouds or dew forming

  30. Which of the following charts correctly shows the information displayed in the graph? A B D C

  31. What is table D?

  32. How does water vapor in the air return to Earth? A. it evaporates and is blown by the wind B. it evaporates and forms clouds C. it condenses then precipitates as rain D. it sticks to any surface it comes in contact with

  33. What is ( C ) it condenses then precipitates as rain

  34. On a warm, sunny day, a student noticed a cold can of pop had water droplets running down the sides. The student wrote about this in her science journal. Which of the following would be the best topic sentence for the student’s journal? A. Water vapor condenses when it’s cooled. B. Water vapor evaporates when it’s cooled. C. Water vapor condenses when it’s heated. D. Water vapor conjugates when it’s cooled.

  35. What is (A) Water vapor condenses when it’s cooled.

  36. Which would be most helpful to farmers? A. rainfall that evaporates quickly B. rainfall that runs off the land quickly C. rainfall that soaks into the soil slowly D. very little rainfall

  37. What is (C.) rainfall that soaks into the soil slowly

  38. Predict what might happen to a river when heavy rains soak the soil near it. The river will A. sink B. rise C. freeze D. not change

  39. What is (B.) rise

  40. Many Utah towns use water from wells for drinking. How does water get into wells? A. it has to be poured into them from water tanks B. rain sinks down through the soil into them C. it is pumped by large engines D. it evaporates from the interior of the earth

  41. What is (B.) rain sinks down through the soil into them

  42. Where is most water found on Earth? A. in glaciers B. in lakes C. in rivers D. in oceans

  43. What is (D.) in oceans

  44. What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth's surface? A. volcanoes B. sun C. lightning D. wind

  45. What is (B.) sun

  46. What is water vapor doing when it changes to water? A. evaporating B. condensing C. precipitating D. freezing

  47. What is (B.) Condensing

  48. What is water doing when it falls to earth? A. evaporating B. condensing C. precipitating D. freezing

  49. What is (C.) precipitating

  50. On what kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond? A. cold, rainy B. cold, sunny C. warm, rainy D. warm, sunny

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