Water+Cycle



__//**Use this site to answer questions #1 - #9 below: **//__

http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

1) What is unique about the water cycle?

2) Why does precipitation occur?

3) What are the 4 different kinds of precipitation?

4) Once precipitation hits the ground, where is it stored?

5) How is ground water used?

6) How is water changed by heat?

7) What are the 3 forms of matter that water can be found on Earth?

8) What is transpiration and how does it work?

9) What is needed for clouds to form in the atmosphere?

10) Draw, label and explain the water cycle using these concepts: radiation evaporation precipitation transpiration photosynthesis <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">condensation <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">cloud formation & types <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">surface runoff <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">infiltration <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">aquifer/water shed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">groundwater <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">how ground water reaches the ocean

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">11) Check out these games and quizzes to see how much you have learned: **//__

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/watercycleq.html

http://www.purposegames.com/game/acc19e71b9

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/views/hhView.cfm?guidAssetId=087777c8-4ff0-45d2-878f-e7cd90f7ee19

http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module01/HydrologicCycleQuiz.htm

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/water/quiz316.html

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/ecosystems/water-cycle.htm

http://apps.southeastwater.com.au/games/education_kidsroom_wcactivity.asp

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/datwc.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/water.html

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Water/water_cycle.html&edu=elem

http://www.waterquest.ca/about/default.asp

http://www.wartgames.com/themes/science/watercycle.html

http://www.get2knowh2o.org/student/cycle-test.html