Water Cycle and Weather Review

Fourth Grade

What are the processes in the water cycle?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Accumulation

What is evaporation?

• The process of water changing from a liquid to a gas

What is condensation?

• The process of gas changing into a liquid

What are some examples of condensation?

• Fog on the bathroom mirror after a shower

• A “sweating” glass on a hot day

• Dew on the grass in the morning

• Clouds

• Fog

What is precipitation?

• The process in which moisture in clouds becomes too heavy and the moisture falls back to the ground

What are some examples of precipitation?

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Mist

What is accumulation?

• It is the process by which water collects in various places on the earth

What are some examples of accumulation?

• River

• Stream

• Lake

• Pond

• Ocean

• Puddle

• Ground Water

• Ice Caps

What is the main source of energy that causes the water

cycle on the earth?

The Sun!!!

Can you label the parts of the water cycle?

Condensation

Precipitation

Accumulation

Evaporation

What are some instruments that are used to measure weather

and weather patterns?• Wind vane (direction of the wind)

• Thermometer (temperature of air)

• Barometer (barometric pressure/ air pressure)

• Rain gauge (amount of rain or precipitation)

Weather tools

Can you identify these weather tools?

What are some symbols used on a weather map?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Precipitation

• Temperature

Go to the Weather Bug website to learn more about weather.

• http://weather.weatherbug.com/TX/Allen-weather/local-radar/doppler-radar.html?zcode=z6286

More cool weather websites!

• http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/forecasttips.html

• http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzweather.html