The Water Cycle

• Let's Discuss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• What is happening in this picture?

• There are 4 main stages in the water cycle.

• They are: evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection

• can you identify where evaporation is taking place in the diagram?

• Evaporation: This is when the warmth of the sun causes water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and soil to rise up into the air as water vapour.

• Have you ever seen steam from a boiling pot of water? This is a perfect example of evaporation.

• Evaporation:

• What do you think will happen to the hot air or steam? (use the diagram for hints)

Condensation:

• How do you think clouds are formed?

• What are clouds made up of?

Condensation:

• This is how clouds are formed!!!!

Condensation: This is when water vapor cool down and turns back into liquid

• How does the water from the clouds reach back on earth?

Precipitation:

• How does the water from the clouds reach back on earth?

Precipitation:

Precipitation: This is when water in the form of rain or snow falls from clouds in the sky.

• What do you think happens during the collection phase?

collection:

collection: this is when water that falls from the clouds as rain or snaw, collects in the ocean, rivers and lake.

Time to share what we have learnt with each other!!!!