Michelle Garcia Content: Natural Process of Water on Earth Level: Third Grade I. Background A. into the 2. 3.

they travel another B. Water 1. Water is essential to all life and life activities Hydrosphere 1. Consists of all the water on Earth and extends high atmosphere Surrounds all living things on Earth There is a continual movement of these elements as from one part of the hydrosphere to

2. Water evaporates from the surface of the earth, rises and cools, condenses into rain or snow, and falls again to the surface 3. streams, clouds C. Found in soil, underground, marshes, swamps, ponds, rivers, lakes, glaciers, oceans and

Cycle 1. 2. Definition: a periodically repeated sequence of events Contrary to how it is presented, it is not a continuous motion The water process is a never ending cycle that varies

circular 3. in nature II. Water Cycle A.

Evaporation 1. Liquid to Gas

2. When the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes or oceans and turns it into vapor or steam 3. The vapor/steam leaves the earths surface and goes into the air B. Condensation 1. Gas to Liquid

2. Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds 3. Never leaves, just changes form Precipitation 1. A form of water that condenses from the atmosphere 2. Too heavy to remain suspended, and falls to the Earth's surface 3. Rain, sleet, snow or hail D. Collection 1. When water falls back to earth as precipitation 2. When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the ground water that plants and animals use to drink 3. Or it may run over the soil and collect in oceans, lakes or rivers where the cycle starts C. III. Impact on Life A. Transferring of water 1. Purifies the water 2. Replenishes land with fresher water 3. Transports minerals to different parts of the world B. Climate 1. Causes rain, sleet, snow and hail 2. Changes storm patterns 3. Can cause drought/and or flooding C. Sustains Life 1. Provides fresh water, which without we can not live 2. Provides water for crops to grow, which provides food 3. Provides water for animals that live within our ecosystem, which without we can not survive IV. Results A. Movement of water 1. From the ground 2. To the atmosphere 3. Back bodies of water, or land

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Plants/Animals 1. Regulates the temperature of both 2. Provides nutrients for survival 3. Keeps ecosystem stable Conservation 1. Without water there would be no life 2. Fresher water means healthier water 3. Population increases, good water becomes scarcer