weather unit lesson 6 – water cycle and cloud review
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Weather Unit
Lesson 6 – Water Cycle and Cloud
Review
Standard 2 - Objective 3
Compare and contrast the seasonal weather patterns during the school year.
Vocabulary Wordscycle -A cycle is something that happens over and over again in the same order.
water vapor – small water droplets; steam
Water Cycles ReviewWhat do you remember about the water cycle?
What are the 4 pars of the water cycle?
collection
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
Let’s review the parts some more.CollectionEvaporationCondensationPrecipitationTell a partner what you remember.
Water Cycle
Sun – What role does the
sun play in the water cycle?
Heat from the sun changes water into water vapor
When the sun changes water into water vapor, this is
called
EVAPORATION
Condensation
What is condensation? Water vapor starts to bunch together and they form the clouds you see.
When water vapor forms clouds this is
called CONDENSATION
Then rain or snow falls from clouds
We call this PRECIPITATION
• Finally rain or snow collect in ocean, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.
• Then what happens?
• That’s right! it start all over again.
Click and watch the video. Guess the parts of the water cycle
Click here for water cycle song
Water Cycle Song(to the tune of “She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain”)
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does.
Use pointer finger to draw large circle in air.
Water travels in a cycle, yes it does.Repeat above motion.
It goes up as evaporation,Raise arms at side with palms up.
Forms clouds as condensation,
Brings hands together above head, forming large cloud shape with arms.
Then falls down as precipitation, yes it does.
Slowly lower arms at side with palms down, fingers moving.
Cloud Review
What do you remember about clouds?
3 Types of Clouds
What are the 3 types of clouds?
CumulusClouds
These clouds spread out and often cover the whole sky. They usually hang low in the sky.
Stratus clouds are sometimes white, but when they hold a lot of water they turn gray.
Stratus Clouds
These clouds are called cirrus clouds. These clouds look a little like feathers or wispy fingers pointing in one main direction. They are usually very high up in the sky.
They are made of water, too, but, the water has turned into ice!
Cirrus clouds often appear before a change in weather. They may mean that cold weather is on the way.
Cirrus Clouds