Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement...

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Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle

Transcript of Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement...

Page 1: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle

Page 2: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

What is the Water Cycle?The water cycle is the continual

movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

Page 4: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

1. Evaporation2. Condensation3. Precipitation

4. Collection and Runoff

There are Four Stages to Earth’s Water Cycle:

Page 5: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

Evaporation is the process by which the sun’s energy changes water from a liquid

to a gas.

This gas is called water vapor.

Page 6: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

This water vapor collects in Earth’s atmosphere to form clouds.

This process is called condensation.

Page 7: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

As clouds become heavy from the condensed water vapor, the water will fall

back to earth as rain, snow, or sleet.

These are examples of precipitation.

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Precipitation can collect in bodies of water, run off from higher areas of land, or be

absorbed into the ground.

Collection and runoff provide water for life on Earth.

Page 9: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.

The water cycle is an ongoing process that continues to repeat itself.

Page 10: Lesson 6: Earth’s Water Cycle. What is the Water Cycle? The water cycle is the continual movement of Earth’s water between the land, ocean, and air.
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Earth’s Water Cycle Key Questions

1. What occurs during each stage of the water cycle?

2. What provides energy for the water cycle? Explain

3. Why is the water cycle necessary for life on Earth?