Weather Unit

Lesson 6 – Water Cycle and Cloud

Review

Standard 2 - Objective 3

Compare and contrast the seasonal weather patterns during the school year.

Vocabulary Wordscycle -A cycle is something that happens over and over again in the same order.

water vapor – small water droplets; steam

Water Cycles ReviewWhat do you remember about the water cycle?

What are the 4 pars of the water cycle?

collection

evaporation

condensation

precipitation

Let’s review the parts some more.CollectionEvaporationCondensationPrecipitationTell a partner what you remember.

Water Cycle

Sun – What role does the

sun play in the water cycle?

Heat from the sun changes water into water vapor

When the sun changes water into water vapor, this is

called

EVAPORATION

Condensation

What is condensation? Water vapor starts to bunch together and they form the clouds you see.

When water vapor forms clouds this is

called CONDENSATION

Then rain or snow falls from clouds

We call this PRECIPITATION

• Finally rain or snow collect in ocean, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water.

• Then what happens?

• That’s right! it start all over again.

Click and watch the video. Guess the parts of the water cycle

Click here for water cycle song

Water Cycle Song(to the tune of “She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain”)

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does.

Use pointer finger to draw large circle in air.

Water travels in a cycle, yes it does.Repeat above motion.

It goes up as evaporation,Raise arms at side with palms up.

Forms clouds as condensation,

Brings hands together above head, forming large cloud shape with arms.

Then falls down as precipitation, yes it does.

Slowly lower arms at side with palms down, fingers moving.

Cloud Review

What do you remember about clouds?

3 Types of Clouds

What are the 3 types of clouds?

CumulusClouds

These clouds spread out and often cover the whole sky. They usually hang low in the sky.

Stratus clouds are sometimes white, but when they hold a lot of water they turn gray.

Stratus Clouds

These clouds are called cirrus clouds. These clouds look a little like feathers or wispy fingers pointing in one main direction. They are usually very high up in the sky.

They are made of water, too, but, the water has turned into ice!

Cirrus clouds often appear before a change in weather. They may mean that cold weather is on the way.

Cirrus Clouds