S4L WebQuest 2.8

The Water Cycle Web Quest

Name_________

Click on http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/index.htm. Answer the following questions.

1. Define "water cycle".
2. What fraction of the earth’s surface is covered in water?
3. What percentage of all the Earth’s water is in a form that is useable to humans and land animals?

Click on http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/concepts.htm. Answer the following questions.

1. Evaporation is the process where a liquid changes from its __________ state to a ___________ state.
2. Why is evaporated water so clean?
3. Condensation occurs when a ____________ is changed into a __________.
4. Condensation is the opposite of ____________.
5. When the ________________ and ___________________ are right, the small droplets of water in clouds form larger droplets and precipitation occurs.

Click on http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/cycle.htm. Answer the following questions.

1. Using the terms "evaporation", "condensation", and "precipitation", “transpiration”, explain the water cycle in your own words.
2. What factor is most important in determining whether water is a solid, liquid, or gas?
3. Is the amount of water on Earth always changing or is it a constant amount?

Click on http://www.mbgnet.net/fresh/cycle/clouds.htm. Answer the following questions.

1. Describe the formation of clouds.
2. What influences cloud size?
3. State what the following prefixes indicate:

Cirro____________________

Alto_____________________

Cirrus____________________

Stratus___________________

Cumulus__________________

Nimbus___________________

4. Given that information, describe what each of the following clouds would look and act like?

a.) Cumulonimbus

b.) Nimbostratus

c.) Cirrocumulus

d.) Altostratus

Click on http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html

Read through the information and then complete the cloud matching game.

Click on http://www.worldwaterwars.com/

Read through some of the information. Watch the clip ‘The story of bottled water’.