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t3 G 96 The Water Cycle Activity Sheet - Ver - 3

The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water evaporates from bodies of water and transpires from plants into the air. Warm air then rises, causing water vapor to condense into clouds. Precipitation occurs when clouds become too heavy and water falls back to Earth as rain, snow, or hail. The water either runs across the surface and infiltrates into the ground to replenish groundwater stores, or collects in bodies of water, where the cycle continues as water is warmed by the sun and evaporates again.

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t3 G 96 The Water Cycle Activity Sheet - Ver - 3

The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water evaporates from bodies of water and transpires from plants into the air. Warm air then rises, causing water vapor to condense into clouds. Precipitation occurs when clouds become too heavy and water falls back to Earth as rain, snow, or hail. The water either runs across the surface and infiltrates into the ground to replenish groundwater stores, or collects in bodies of water, where the cycle continues as water is warmed by the sun and evaporates again.

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The Water Cycle

Add the words to the diagram:

evaporation

transpiration

warm air rises

condensation

precipitation

surface run-off

infiltration

ground water store

When you have finished, use this


diagram and your key terms sheet
to write a paragraph describing the
water cycle.

Start like this:

Water from the sea (or a similar


body) is warmed by the Sun...

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The Water Cycle - Answers
Water is collected in seas, streams, lakes or rivers.
When the sun heats the surface of a water
collection, some of the water (liquid) changes
state to water vapour (gas) as it mixes with the
condensation air. This is known as evaporation.
At the same time, water moves through plants and
leaves. They expel water into the air through the
stoma. This is known as transpiration.
precipitation
During the evaporation stage, warm air rises so
the water vapours rise too.
evaporation
Condensation happens as the warm air cools down
so the water vapour condenses back into a liquid,
surface run-off known as water droplets. The water droplets join
warm air rises together to form clouds.
The collection of water droplets in the clouds grow
bigger, until they are too heavy. Precipitation
happens as the water droplets fall from the clouds
as rain. If the air is cold enough, these droplets
infiltration will fall as hail or snow.
transpiration When the water falls to the ground, it will move
across the land as surface run-off and either soak
into the soil to become groundwater, (a process
ground water store known as infiltration), or collect in seas, streams,
lakes or rivers.
Ground water store (or similar body) is then
warmed by the sun to recycle the water again.

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