Look at the Pictures of Water Below. Can You Tell Which of Them Is in a Solid Form, a Liquid

Did you know that water can come in three different forms? Water can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Pretty cool right? It gets better; water goes through all of these forms constantly. In other words, water is constantly changing. The water we drink is in liquid form. It flows easily and feels wet. Think about when you are drinking a glass of water. You can tip the glass toward you and the water flows into your mouth, you tip it back and it flows back into the cup. When we use ice, we’re using water in its solid form. Ice is a solid. Have you ever had a frozen water bottle and tried to drink from it? Does the ice flow out of the bottle the same way water would? Water in its gas form is called vapor. You may have seen water vapor rising up from a hot pot on the stove orperhaps the steam from a hot shower. Water is pretty cool!

Look at the pictures of water below. Can you tell which of them is in a solid form, a liquid form, and a gas form?

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Everyday water goes through something called the water cycle. The water cycle has three stages; condensation, precipitation, and evaporation. These are pretty big words, but don’t worry they’re just a fancy way of telling youabout the three states of water. When water falls from the skyas rain, it’s called precipitation.When water heats up, it changes to a gas and rises toward the clouds. This is called evaporation.It happens all around you, but the water vapor is invisible, so you can’t really see it.The water vapor collects in the clouds and freezes. This is known as condensation. It freezes even when the sun is shining because the air up there is very cold. When a cloud gets too full, water falls to Earth as precipitation and the cycle starts over again.

Using what you have read about the water cycle and what you already know about the states of water, can you match the stage of the water cycle with its state of water?

Condensationliquid

Evaporationsolid

Precipitationgas

Now it’s time to test your knowledge! Create your own model of the water cycle. Cut and paste each step, title, and state of water in the appropriate places.