1. The Water Cycle • Mr. Edwards • Fifth Grade • January 25, 2007

2. What will we learn? • What is the water cycle? • Why is it important? • How does water move around our world? • What can we do to protect earth’s water?

3. What is the water cycle? • Water on earth moves between the oceans and land through the process of evaporation and condensation.

4. How does water move around our world? • Water evaporates from land and ocean sources, condenses, and then falls back to earth in the form of rainfall, hail, sleet, or snow. • Water that falls over the land either returns to the air through evaporation and plant transpiration, or flows back to the sea. • This process repeats itself ceaselessly.

5. Why is this important? • There can be no life without water. • The majority of water on earth is salt water found in earth’s oceans. • The amount of fresh water located in rivers, lakes, underground sources, and glaciers is limited.

6. What can we do to protect earth’s water? • Try to limit the amount of water you use. • Don’t put chemicals and other pollutants down your drains or gutters. • Click here to learn more!

7. Quiz!!! • What are the basics of the water cycle? • Where is the majority of water on earth found? • After water evaporates, it returns to earth by condensation in the form of what? • What is there more of, fresh water or salt water?

8. Works Cited • Content Standards for California Schoolshttp://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/scgrade5.asp California standard for the water cycle. • Kid Zone http://www.kidzone.ws/water/ A kid friendly explanation of the water cycle with pictures and graphics. • Water Cycle Diagram http://mmem.spschools.org/grade5science/weather This is a summary of the water cycle. • Fifth Grade Science text