Student Exploration- Water Cycle (ANSWER KEY).

Student Exploration: Water Cycle (ANSWER KEY) Download Student Exploration: Water Cycle Vocabulary: Aquifer: Underground layers of rocks that have water Condensation: The change of gas to liquid Evaporation: The change of liquid to gas Freezing: Liquid... More

Student Exploration: Water Cycle (ANSWER KEY) Download Student Exploration: Water Cycle Vocabulary: Aquifer: Underground layers of rocks that have water Condensation: The change of gas to liquid Evaporation: The change of liquid to gas Freezing: Liquid turning into solid Glacier: A large piece of ice moving slowly Melting: Solid turning into liquid Phase change: Changing from one state into another Precipitation; Water falling from clouds in different forms Reservoir: a body of water used to store water for people Runoff: Water moving across land into rivers or a small body of water Transpiration: Releasing water vapor from the plant’s leaves Water cycle: A continuous water movement from the surface of the earth and to its atmosphere Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) The water that comes out of your faucet at home used to be in the ocean. How did water get from the ocean to your water faucet? It comes from the reservoir Gizmo Warm-up Water on Earth is always in Less