The Water Cycle Video-Bill Nye The Science Guy



Name ___________________________________________________ Period ____ Date _____

The Water Cycle Video

Bill Nye The Science Guy

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1. All the water on the earth is the same water that has been here since _______________.

2. Water can be ________ like ice, a ________like you drink _________ or a vapor.

3. Water is moving all around the earth in the _____________________or as scientist like to call it the hydrological cycle.

4. Something makes water change from a liquid into a vapor, it’s________________.

5. Whenever water goes back into the air we say that it______________________.

6. When water vapor turns back into a liquid we call that ___________________.

7. The top part of Bill Nye’s water cycle simulator represents __________________.

8. Water falling from the sky is called __________________.

9. Everything in the universe (all matter) is made of _______________.

10. All the molecules in water are always________________.

11. The molecules in boiling water are moving ______________ than the molecules in the room temperature water.

12. But even room temperature water can evaporate or become a ____________.

13. The reason is because not all molecules are moving at the same __________.

14. Some of the molecules are moving __________ enough to evaporate.

15. The cold glass gets foggy because the ___________ in the air sticks to the cold glass and turns it into water drops.

16. The process of water vapor being cooled to water droplets is called _______________.

17. The process of condensation is where ______________ come from.

18. Condensation is the opposite of__________________.

19. When vapor loses ___________ and becomes a liquid.

20. When ______ form water vapor turns into tiny liquid water drops.

21. But in order for that to happen the water vapor has to have a place to ______________.

22. The first cloud in the bottle did not work because the water vapor had no ____________.

23. In order to get the cloud to form Bill Nye had to add some ___________________.

24. When air expands it_______________.

25. Liquid is looking for a ________________ to cling to for condensation to happen.

26. Clouds form when water on the surface ________________ and becomes water vapor.

27. The water vapor cools and ____________ into tiny water droplets to form clouds.

28. The penguin toy is a model of the ___________________.

29. The penguins moving up the escalator is like the water ________________.

30. The energy of the penguins comes from the battery but the energy for the water cycle comes from the power of the ______________.

31. The penguins that gather at the top are like _________________.

R.A.C.E. to summarize what you discovered about the water cycle: (RESTATE the question. Reread and restate the question in your topic sentence. ANSWER the question that is being asked. Use your answer to write your topic sentence. CITE evidence from the text. Use examples and evidence from the text to support your answer. EXPLAIN your answer. Explain how the EVIDENCE from the text supports your answer. For example, you may use the sentence starter “These quotes show that…” or “This supports the statement…”)

How does the water cycle explain various atmospheric conditions on the Earth?

ANSWER KEY (NOT IN ORDER)

|Energy |Clouds |The earth formed |

|Evaporates |Precipitation |Solid liquid gas |

|Condensation |Molecules |Water cycle |

|Moving |Clouds |Water cycle |

|Faster |Evaporation | |

|Gas/vapor |Water vapor | |

|Speed |Condensation | |

|Fast | | |

|Surface |Surface to stick to |Clouds |

|Evaporates |Dust or smoke |Evaporation |

|Condenses Evaporating |Cools |Energy |

|The sun | |Clouds |

|Condensation | |Stick to |

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