Topic: Water Cycle
Subject: Earth Science
Name_______________________ Per. 1 2 3 4
Date ______________________
Learning Goal: Student will recognize how matter in the form of water moves through the
environment.
S6E3. b Relate various atmospheric conditions to stages of the water cycle.
Vocabulary: Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration, Groundwater, Runoff,
Infiltration
Labeling: Precipitation (2x), Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration, Heat Energy, Infiltration
Cooling of
Questions:
1. What does the word
“hydrosphere” mean?
2. What are 3 ways in which
water is important to life on
planet Earth?
3. Explain evaporation in detail
4. Explain precipitation in detail
5. Explain condensation in detail.
6. Explain transpiration in detail?
7. What happens to water that
falls on land? (include the term
Infiltration)
8. What is a molecule of water
made of?
9. What type of energy does the
water cycle need to work, and
where does it come from?
10. How does water move
through the environment?
Summary: