The Water Cycle

An Adventure through Nature and the Modern World

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Do you know where your water comes from?

When we go to the sink in our house and turn it on, water comes out. But do you know where that water comes from?

The

sky?

?

A

Lake

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Do you know where your water comes from?

You’re both right, in a way…All of the water that is here on Earth is recycled through the water cycle. This water we drink an use everyday has been on this planet since it was created!!

So we’re

drinking

dinosaur

water??Next

Do you know where your water comes from?

You’re both right! Our water may be very old, but it is still very clean. Nature takes good care of our water and now we have technology that makes it even better! Would you like to take a tour of the water system?

Cool!

Let’s

go!

I don’t know

if my mom

would like

this very

much…

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Water CycleWhere would you like to begin your adventure through the water cycle?

Precipitation Condensation

Evaporation

Precipitation

Water returns to the earth in the form of precipitation. There are many different forms of precipitation. Do you know which of these choices are not a form of precipitation?

Which of these choices is NOT precipitation?

Rai

nSnowGumballs

Hail

Click on the rain cloud to go back and try again!

WELL DONE!!Click on the Sun to continue!

PrecipitationWhen clouds get too full of water, it rains. After the rain

falls from the sky it can go into a lot of different places. Let’s see where we end up!

Into a

body of

water

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Evaporation

When water begins to group together into a pond, lake, stream, river…well, you get the idea…the sun warms it. Once the water gets hot enough it turns into water vapor, which is still water but it’s light enough to float up into the sky.

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Evaporation

Do you guys know what happens when the water vapor gets up into the sky?

Somethi

ng

scary?

It blows

up?!?

Click to find out!

Condensation

It makes clouds!!!

WHOA!!!

I don’t know

about this….

CondensationBut once a cloud is formed, the water vapor does not

stop rising. Water vapor continues to fill the clouds and they get bigger…and bigger… until they can’t hold anymore water. That’s when it rains!

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References Mr. Davies Water Cycle Song, www.youtube.com

www.kidzone.ws/water/