The water cycle

The

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Hi, I’m Ricky the Raindrop and I’m going to teach you about the water

cycle! Planet Earth has a limited amount of water. The water on

Earth goes around and around in something called ‘The Water

Cycle.’ The Water Cycle is made up of a few main parts: evaporation, transpiration,

condensation, precipitation and collection.

Let’s Go!

Evaporation

Transpiration

Evaporation happens whens the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes and oceans, changing it to vapor, or steam. The water leaves the body of water and goes into the air.

Water leaves plants through the leaves, similar to how people sweat! This is known as transpiration.

Got it? Let’s see what’s

next!

Condensation

The water vapor that evaporates gets cold in the air and turns back to liquid. These droplets form clouds and this is known as condensation.

PrecipitationWhen too much water condenses, the air cannot hold it anymore. Clouds get heavy and water falls back to the Earth. It can be in the form of rain, snow, hail and sleet.

CollectionWhen water falls back to the earth, it soaks into the ground so plants and animals can drink it. It also falls back into lakes, rivers and oceans.

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The cycle continues!

Can you find 3 parts of the water cycle in this picture? After you find them all, go on to the next page!

Great! Is this an example of __________?

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A. Evaporation

B. TranspirationC. Condensation

Good job! What is this an example of?

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A. PrecipitationB. CondensationC. Evaporation

Excellent! This is an example of _________.

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A. CollectionB. EvaporationC. Precipitation

There are 3 parts of the water cycle in this picture!

That’s right! What stage does this image show?

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A. Transpiration

B. Evaporation

C. Precipitation

Good job! What stage is shown here?

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A. Evaporation

B. Collection

C. Condensation

Great! What do you see here?

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A. Transpiration

B. Evaporation

C. Collection

There is 1 stage of The Water Cycle in this picture!

Awesome! What is this an example of?

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A. Precipitation

B. Collection

C. Condensation

This shows transpiration!

CORRECT!

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Oops, go back and try a different answer!

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CORRECT!

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Although not in the sky, this is an example of condensation! The water vapor in the air changes to water droplets when it touches the cold glass!

This is a tough one! Give it another try!

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Evaporation is correct! The sun heats up this puddle, causing the water to evaporate into the air. This is why puddles come and go!

CORRECT!

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Uh-oh, why don’t you take another look?

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Fantastic!

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CORRECT!

Let’s try that again!

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Right, condensation! The cooling water vapor forms clouds in the sky!

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CORRECT!

Hmm, how about we try again?

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Correct! Imagine all the evaporation from the oceans!

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Let’s take another look!

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Wow, you’re good at this!

CORRECT!

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Whoops! Try again

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Transpiration Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

CollectionNow you know how the water cycle works! Thanks for exploring with me!

Works cited

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

www.Findsounds.com