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    The document is a student activity about the water cycle. It contains: 1) An introduction explaining that water on Earth is always in motion through the water cycle. The activity allows students to explore the water cycle using an online simulation. 2) A series of questions asking students to identify parts of the water cycle like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and how water moves between oceans, atmosphere, clouds, soil, and reservoirs. 3) Definitions of key terms like phase changes, aquifers, and reservoirs. 4) Questions asking students to identify percentages of Earth's water stored in different places and human uses of water. 5) Exercises labeling phase changes and processes

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    The document is a student activity about the water cycle. It contains: 1) An introduction explaining that water on Earth is always in motion through the water cycle. The activity allows students to explore the water cycle using an online simulation. 2) A series of questions asking students to identify parts of the water cycle like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and how water moves between oceans, atmosphere, clouds, soil, and reservoirs. 3) Definitions of key terms like phase changes, aquifers, and reservoirs. 4) Questions asking students to identify percentages of Earth's water stored in different places and human uses of water. 5) Exercises labeling phase changes and processes

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    The document is a student activity about the water cycle. It contains: 1) An introduction explaining that water on Earth is always in motion through the water cycle. The activity allows students to explore the water cycle using an online simulation. 2) A series of questions asking students to identify parts of the water cycle like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and how water moves between oceans, atmosphere, clouds, soil, and reservoirs. 3) Definitions of key terms like phase changes, aquifers, and reservoirs. 4) Questions asking students to identify percentages of Earth's water stored in different places and human uses of water. 5) Exercises labeling phase changes and processes

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    Water Cycles e

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    The document is a student activity about the water cycle. It contains: 1) An introduction explaining that water on Earth is always in motion through the water cycle. The activity allows students to explore the water cycle using an online simulation. 2) A series of questions asking students to identify parts of the water cycle like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and how water moves between oceans, atmosphere, clouds, soil, and reservoirs. 3) Definitions of key terms like phase changes, aquifers, and reservoirs. 4) Questions asking students to identify percentages of Earth's water stored in different places and human uses of water. 5) Exercises labeling phase changes and processes

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    Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________________

    Student Exploration: Water Cycle

    Vocabulary: aquifer, condensation, evaporation, freezing, glacier, melting, phase change,


    precipitation, reservoir, runoff, transpiration, water cycle

    Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.)

    The water that comes out of your faucet at home used to be in the ocean. How did water get

    from the ocean to your water faucet? Through pipes and various filtering systems, or through

    the water cycle.

    Gizmo Warm-up
    Water on Earth is always in motion. These motions
    form a repeating circuit called the water cycle. The
    Water Cycle Gizmo allows you to explore the different
    paths water takes as it moves from Earth’s surface to
    the atmosphere and back.

    1. Click Oceans. What percentage of Earth’s water is

    found in the oceans? 97.25%

    2. Click Atmosphere. How does the Sun cause water to move from the oceans to the

    atmosphere? Heated by sun, causing the water to evaporate to the atmosphere.

    3. Click Clouds. How do clouds form? Through condensation from tiny droplets.

    4. Click Precip (rain). (“Precip” is short for precipitation, or water falling to Earth’s surface.)

    What causes it to rain? If the water droplets in clouds grow heavy enough, they fall as rain.

    5. Click Oceans again, and then choose the PATH tab. Because it has the same beginning

    and end, the path is a complete cycle. How many steps does this cycle have? 5

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    Activity: Get the Gizmo ready:

    The water cycle Select the SIMULATION tab, and click Reset.

    Question: What are the parts of the water cycle?

    1. Collect data: Create two water cycles using the Gizmo. Each cycle should have at least four
    steps and should begin and end at the same location. Choose any starting point from the list
    on the right. When the cycle is complete, choose the PATH tab and write the steps below.

    Cycle 1: Oceans->Atmosphere->Clouds->Precipitation (rain)->Ocean

    Cycle 2: Reservoir-> Agriculture->Soil->Atmosphere->Clouds->Precipitation (Rain)->Reservoir

    2. Analyze: Use the information presented in the Gizmo to answer the following questions.

    A. What percentage of Earth’s water can be found in soil? 0.005% of Earth’s Water
    B. What percentage of Earth’s water is stored in ice and snow? 1.9% of Earth’s
    freshwater.
    C. What percentage of Earth’s freshwater is stored in ice and snow? 68.7% of Earth’s
    freshwater.
    D. What percentage of Earth’s water is found in lakes? 0.009% of the Water

    E. What is transpiration? (Hint: Click the Vegetation button)- The absorption of water
    from the soil and the release of water vapor from their leaves in the process of
    transpiration.
    F. What human activity uses the most water worldwide? - Agriculture
    G. What human activity uses the most water in the United States? - Industry

    H. What organisms break down chemical wastes in a treatment plant? - Bacteria


    I. What is an aquifer? a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit
    groundwater.

    J. What is a reservoir? a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
    K. In what ways can runoff be a problem? - Runoffs can cause serious flooding and
    erosion, and can carry contaminants into rivers, lakes, and oceans.
    (Activity continued on next page)

    Activity (continued from previous page)

    3. Define: A phase change is a change from one state to another, such as from a liquid to a
    gas. Based on what you have read in the Gizmo, fill in the blanks with the words “liquid,”
    “gas,” or “solid” to define each change.

    Evaporation: Change from a liquid to a gas.

    Condensation: Change from a gas to a liquid.

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    Melting: Change from a solid to a liquid.

    Freezing: Change from a liquid to a solid.

    4. Practice: Fill in the process that causes each transition. Your choices are evaporation,
    condensation, precipitation, melting, and freezing.

    A. Ocean  Atmosphere Evaportation

    B. Atmosphere  Clouds Condensation

    C. Cloud  Snow Freezing

    D. Glacier (river of ice)  River Melting

    E. Cloud  Soil Precipitation

    5. Practice: Fill in the two processes that cause each of the following transitions.

    A. Ocean  Cloud Evaporation - Condensation

    B. Cloud  Glacier Precipitation - Freezing

    6. Think and discuss: Water covers over two-thirds of Earth’s surface. Yet water shortages are
    a major problem for many people around the world. Why do you think this is the case?

    Due to the limited amount of drinking water available, only because there’s much water in
    our earth does not signify that we could consume the water without making it go

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