Name ______

Hour _____ Due Date ______

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What Goes Up Must Come Down (and Around and Around…)

The Water Cycle Game!

Purpose You will “become” a water molecule (H20) to learn about the water cycle and how water moves from place to place, through each of the “spheres” of Earth: the hydrosphere (water), biosphere (living), atmosphere (air), and geosphere (ground), in a continuous, never-ending cycle. You will also create a bracelet to remember the path you took on your travels as a water molecule.

Part I Your teacher will give you a piece of string and a “starting point” for the game. Write your starting point on the first space provided below. You will take a bead for your string and then roll the dice to determine what you will do next as a water molecule. Follow the directions at each station but make sure to write down what happened to you on the spaces provided below and take a bead for your string from the stations you visit. HINT: Leave the starred* lines blank for now – you will add to them later! Continue through 10 rolls of the dice. When you are done with the game part, either tie your bracelet on your wrist of agenda planner or give it back to your teacher to recycle the beads. Then, read page 309 and study figure 2 of your textbook.

1) Starting Station: ______(*______)

What happened?: ______

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2) Station: ______(*______)

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3) Station: ______(*______)

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4) Station: ______(*______)

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5) Station: ______(*______)

______(**______)

6) Station: ______(*______)

______(**______)

7) Station: ______(*______)

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8) Station: ______(*______)

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9) Station: ______(*______)

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10) Station: ______(*______)

______(**______)

Part II Your teacher will give you notes on the water cycle vocabulary. After you learn the correct vocabulary, fill in the starred* lines from above. On the line with one star*, write the name of the correct “sphere” you had visited. On the line with two stars**, if there is a word or phrase from the water cycle vocabulary to describe what had happened to you, write it here. Hint: even if you had to “stay” at a location, think carefully, sometimes there is even a description for that! Then answer the questions below.

Three states of matter: ______(ice), ______, ______(vapor)

"Spheres" - places water can be in different forms:

______- ground

______- air

______- above ground water (rivers, lakes, glaciers, oceans, ponds, etc.)

______- living or once living (dead) things

______- rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds.

______- when water vapor cools and changes from gas to liquid.

______- When water changes from liquid to gas.

______- when water soaks into the ground by gravity.

______- when precipitation flows over land into streams, rivers, lakes, etc.

______- when water evaporates from plants.

______- when living things give off water vapor (through their breath)

______- when ice or snow evaporates into water vapor.

Questions:

1) Even though you “started” at a station, explain why the water cycle doesn’t really have a true “start.”

2) If the water cycle doesn’t really have a “start” or “end,” what can you say about how water moves around the Earth?

3) If water really just keeps going around and around, what can you say about the last glass of water you drank?

Notes:

Three states: solid (ice), liquid, gas (vapor)

"Spheres" - places water can be in different forms:

Geosphere - ground

Atmosphere - air

Hydrosphere - above ground water (rivers, lakes, glaciers, oceans,

ponds, etc.)

Biosphere - living or once living (dead) things

Precipitation - rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds.

Condensation - when water vapor cools and changes from gas to liquid.

Evaporation - When water changes from liquid to gas.

Infiltration/Percolation - when water soaks into the ground by gravity.

Runoff - when precipitation flows over land into streams, rivers, lakes, etc.

Transpiration - when water evaporates from plants.

Respiration - when living things give off water vapor (through their breath)

Sublimation - when ice or snow evaporates into water vapor.