Label Water Cycle Diagram

Label Water Cycle Diagram

Read the definitions below, then label the water cycle diagram.

Accumulation - the process in which water pools in large bodies (like oceans, seas and lakes).

Condensation - the process in which water vapor (a gas) in the air turns into liquid water. Condensing water forms clouds in the sky. Water drops that form on the outside of a glass of icy water are condensed water. (This term appears twice in the diagram.)

Evaporation - the process in which liquid water becomes water vapor (a gas). Water vaporizes from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, from the surface of the land, and from melts in snow fields.

Precipitation - the process in which water (in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail) falls from clouds in the sky.

Subsurface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in underground streams, drains, or sewers.

Surface Runoff - rain, snow melt, or other water that flows in surface streams, rivers, or canals.

Transpiration - the process in which some water within plants evaporates into the atmosphere. Water is first absorbed by the plant's roots, then later exits by evaporating through pores in the plant.

Fill in the blanks below with words from this box:
evaporation
evaporates
heating
droplets
runoff
rain / sunny
clouds
heavy
plants
snow
rivers / precipitate
vapor
oceans
hail
cycle
streams / condenses
atmosphere
lakes
glaciers
crystals
Evaporation
On a warm, ______day, water in a glass of water seems to slowly disappear. This is because the energy from the sun is ______the water up and turning the liquid water into water ______. This process is called ______. When the water ______, it becomes an invisible gas in the ______. Evaporation takes places all over the earth, but especially in the ______and ______where there is lots of water.

Condensation

As the water vapor rises, it cools off and ______into water ______. If the water vapor becomes extremely cold, it will form ice ______instead of water droplets. As the water droplets or ice crystals grow bigger and more numerous, they form ______.

Precipitation

If water droplets or ice crystals become too ______, they can’t stay in the air. They ______. Water droplets precipitate as ______and ice crystals precipitate as ______. Sometimes, the rain freezes before it hits the earth and precipitates as ______.
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Runoff

This precipitation gathers into ______and ______that flow down to the lakes and oceans. This is called ______. Not all of the water makes it back to the oceans and lakes right away. Some of it is used by animals and ______. Some is frozen into ______. Eventually, the animals and plants breathe the water out and the glaciers melt, releasing the water back into the water ______.

/ Find the word below in the grid to the left.

cloud
condensation
energy
evaporation
hail
ice crystal
lake / ocean
precipitation
rain
river
runoff
sea
snow / stream
sun
water cycle
water droplet
water vapor
wind

/ Find the word below in the grid to the left.

Across
3. Ice crystals that fall from the sky.
6. Water that has been heated to a gas.
9. Frozen rain.
10. A large body of water that flows across the land.
12. A large body of salt water.
13. The process of changing from water vapor to water droplets. / Down
1. What provides the energy that drives the water cycle?
2. The process of water droplets or ice crystals falling from the sky.
3. A small body of water that flows across the land.
4. The process of water moving through the world by precipitation, evaporation, and condensation.
5. The process of water turning into a vapor. / 7. These form in the sky when water vapor condenses into water droplets.
8. A large body of fresh water.
10. Water that flows in streams and river into the oceans and lakes.
11. Water droplets that fall from the sky.

The sun’s energy is the driving force behind the water cycle. The sun heats up water on land and in the oceans, lakes, and seas. The water changes from liquid to vapor in a process called evaporation. The water vapor cools and in a process called condensation forms droplets in the atmosphere. These droplets become clouds. The droplets (or ice crystals if it’s cold enough) gather and then fall from the sky in a process called precipitation. This precipitation gathers in streams and rivers and flows and becomes run off, flowing back down to the oceans, seas, and lakes.

There are bodies of water all over our planet. Describe the different bodies of water using the words small, large, fresh, salt, deep, shallow, protected, still, and flowing. Try to use at least two adjectives per description. (Note: fresh, salt get combined with water as freshwater, saltwater).

A lake

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A sea
A river
A pond
A stream
An ocean
A puddle
A bay

A creek

A cove
An inlet
A lagoon
An oasis
A tide pool

Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks.
rapids
channel
flows
dry up / riverbanks
flood
low
water / mouth
lake
transportation
tributaries / source
ocean
riverbed
waterfalls
A river is a body of water that ______from high ground to ______ground. The beginning of a river is called the ______. As a river flows down, other smaller rivers called ______join it and it becomes bigger.
The river flows in its ______. The bottom of the river is called the ______. The sides of the river are called the ______. Usually, the river stays in its channel but sometimes, after heavy rains, the river overflows its banks and there is a ______. At other times, during the summer or during a drought, some rivers ______completely and people can walk on the riverbed.
The river usually flows down to a ______or an ______. The place where the river meets the larger body of water is the end of the river and is called the ______.
Sometimes rivers flow very fast over rocks. These areas, which are called ______, are dangerous for boats. And sometimes, rivers flow over cliffs forming beautiful ______.
/ Rivers are very important for civilization. They provide ______for drinking and irrigation. As well, they were important routes for ______by boats in the past.

river
stream
source
mouth
flow / dry up
flood
riverbank
rapids
waterfall / Amazon
Nile
bed
channel
bridge

Across
1. A place where a river goes over a cliff.
4. Some river do this after heavy rains.
7. Fast flowing water that goes over rocks.
9. The end of a river; the place where it flows into a lake or ocean.
10. A flowing body of water.
12. Something that crosses a river.
13. The place where a river flows. / Down
2. The largest river in the world.
3. A river is a body of water that ______.
5. Some rivers do this during a drought.
6. The bottom of a river.
7. The side of a river.
8. The start of a river.
11. The longest river in the world.

We can find water in many places and in many forms. Water can be solid, liquid or a gaseous. Use the three words, solid, liquid, and gaseous, to define all of these other water words. Another way to say ‘solid water’ is ‘frozen water’.

An ice cube

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Rain
Steam
A snowflake
A river
Frost
Dew
An icicle
Hail
A stream
Vapor
Ice
A glacier
An iceberg
A waterfall

Oceans and Seas

Label the oceans and seas (plus the equator) using the word list below.

equator
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
North Sea
Arabian Sea / Red Sea
Southern Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean

Write Ten Things About Water
Write ten things about water (plus one thing you would like to change).

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