Summary
Walks through the water cycle -- evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection -- and how the same water moves around our planet again and again. A staple of any weather or earth-science unit.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Water moves around our planet in a never-ending water cycle.
- What happens to water when the Sun heats it?
- How do clouds form in the water cycle?
- What are the different ways water can fall back to Earth?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
Try it: Draw the water cycle as a circle and label the four steps with arrows showing the way the water moves.