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