The Water Cycle

The following words are your new vocabulary words for science.  In your journal, write these words along with their definition. This assignment will be due Monday, May 20, 2013.

• evaporation
• cycle
• water cycle
• role
• condensation
• accumulation
• Sun
• precipitation
• aquifer

You will need to also answer the following questions in your journal. Turn them in with your definitions on Monday.

Hint:  The answers to these questions can be found on the C-Scope Water Cycle Sequence Cards and in your Science book on Pages 370-391.

  

Water continuously moves above and on the Earth’s surface through the water cycle.
1.    What allows the water cycle to continue?


The water cycle may not always follow the same sequence.
2.    In what ways could the water cycle be sequenced?


The Sun is the major source of energy for the water cycle.
3.     In what ways does the Sun play a role in the water cycle