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Gizmo Student Worksheet Water Cycle

This document provides instructions for a student activity using an online simulation of the water cycle. The activity asks students to use the simulation to identify and describe the various components of the water cycle, such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and how water is stored and transported around the planet in oceans, atmosphere, glaciers, soil, and living things. Students are also asked critical thinking questions about issues like global water usage and shortages.

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Gizmo Student Worksheet Water Cycle

This document provides instructions for a student activity using an online simulation of the water cycle. The activity asks students to use the simulation to identify and describe the various components of the water cycle, such as evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and how water is stored and transported around the planet in oceans, atmosphere, glaciers, soil, and living things. Students are also asked critical thinking questions about issues like global water usage and shortages.

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SES 4UI Name _______________________

Student Exploration: Water Cycle


Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.)

1. When you turn on a water faucet, where does the water come from?

2. Animals and plants have been using water for millions of years. Why don’t we run
out?

Gizmo Warm-up

1. Click Oceans. What percentage of Earth’s


water is found in the oceans? __________

2. Click Atmosphere. How does water get to the atmosphere?

3. Click Clouds. How do clouds form?

4. Click Precip (rain). (“Precip” is short for precipitation, or water falling to Earth’s
surface.) What causes it to rain?

5. Click Oceans again, and then choose the PATH tab. Because it has the same
beginning and end, the path is a complete cycle. How many steps does this cycle
have? _____________

Activity: Get the Gizmo ready:


The water cycle  Select the SIMULATION tab, and click Reset.

Question: What are the parts of the water cycle?

1. Collect data: Create two water cycles using the Gizmo.

Cycle 1:

Cycle 2:

2. Analyze: Use the information presented in the Gizmo to answer the following
questions.
A. What percentage of Earth’s water can be found in soil? _______________
B. What percentage of Earth’s water is stored in ice and snow? ___________
C. What percentage of Earth’s fresh water is stored in ice and snow? _______
D. What percentage of Earth’s water is found in lakes? __________________
E. What is transpiration? (Hint: Click the Vegetation button.)

F. What human activity uses the most water worldwide?

G. What human activity uses the most water in the United States?

H. What organisms break down chemical wastes in a treatment plant?

I. What is an aquifer?

J. What is a reservoir?

K. In what ways can runoff be a problem?

2. Define: Fill in the blanks with the words “liquid,” “gas,” or “solid” to define each
change.
Evaporation: Change from a _______________ to a _______________.
Condensation: Change from a _______________ to a _______________.
Melting: Change from a _______________ to a _______________.
Freezing: Change from a _______________ to a _______________.

3. Practice: Fill in the process that causes each transition. Your choices are
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, melting, and freezing.

A. Ocean à Atmosphere _______________________


B. Atmosphere à Clouds _______________________
C. Cloud à Snow _______________________
D. Glacier (river of ice) à River _______________________
E. Cloud à Soil _______________________

4. Practice: Fill in the two processes that cause each of the following transitions.
A. Ocean à Cloud _______________________ , ___________________
B. Cloud  Glacier ________________________, ___________________
5. Think and discuss: Water covers over two-thirds of Earth’s surface. Yet water
shortages are a major problem for many people around the world. Why do you think
this is the case?
Remember to answer the multiple choice questions

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