Water Cycle

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Take out your Water Cycle Worksheet. Answer the questions by going to each website beside the question. Have fun! If you get stuck, don't be afraid to ask for help.

 

 

How much of the earth’s surface is covered by water?
http://www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/watercycle.html

Could the water in your drinking glass be the same water a dinosaur drank? (True or False)
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/index.html

What is the water cycle?
http://www.cp-ws.com/WaterCycle.htm

The next five questions are all answered with this website: http://www.kidzone.ws/water/index.html

  • What is evaporation?

  • What is transpiration?

  • What is condensation?

  • What is precipitation?

  • What is collection?

This next site shows the water cycle in action. Before you go to it, here are two words that need to be defined:

  • Run-off: another word for collection

  • Infiltration: The rain lands on the ground and is absorbed into the ground to become ground water.

Click here to watch the water cycle in action: http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/watercycle/flash.html

When you are done the Webquest click HERE 


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