2. Learner Expectation
Content Standard: 8.0 Atmospheric
Cycles
The student will investigate the relationships
among atmospheric conditions, weather, and
climate.
Learning Expectations
8.3 Recognize the basic features of the water
cycle.
3. In this activity you will:
Recognize the basic parts of the water cycle
Write a paragraph about the water cycle and
draw a picture of what happens.
4. Evaporation
Evaporation is the changing of a
liquid into a gas. You must have
heat in order for a liquid to
evaporate.
5. Condensation
Condensation is the changing of a gas
into a liquid.
When water vapor cools, the water
changes form and becomes liquid
water.
6. Condensation
Clouds form as water vapor cools and
forms water drops.
Small drops bump into each other
forming large drops.
When the drops are too big and heavy,
they fall as rain.
7. Precipitation
Precipitation is water that falls to Earth
as either rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Rain is just water drops falling down
from the clouds.
8. Water Cycle
The water cycle is the path that water
follows as it moves from the air to the
ground and back to the air over and
over again.
In the water cycle, water goes through
evaporation, condensation, and
precipitation.
9. Water Cycle
Check out this link for an illustration of
the water cycle.
http://www.natick.k12.ma.us/schools/johns
10. Writing Activity
Write a paragraph using the
vocabulary to tell about the steps
in the water cycle. Draw a
picture to illustrate what happens
in the water cycle.