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CAN YOU MAKE IT RAIN?

SCIENCE MASTERPIECE

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WATER CYCLE

  • Water can take the form of a liquid, solid, or gas

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  • The water cycle is made up of Precipitation, Evaporation, and Condensation

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HOW IS RAIN MADE?

  • Clouds form when water vapor rises and cools.
  • The cooling droplets condense and group together into larger drops that fall as precipitation.
  • The rain, snow, or hail then collects in rivers or lakes, and then in the ocean.
  • The cycle repeats.

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VOCABULARY

  • Cloud – a white or gray mass of water droplets floating in the sky
  • Condensation – the process of changing from a gas to a liquid
  • Droplets – a very small drop
  • Moisture – wetness in the air or on a surface
  • Precipitation – water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, hail, etc.
  • Rain – water that falls in drops from clouds
  • Water Cycle – the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again (also known as the hydrologic cycle)
  • Water Vapor – a gas formed of very small water drops or particles mixed with air

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EXPERIMENT TIME

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CONCLUSION

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QUESTIONS