Water Cycle

Question 1

What is water?

Answer 1

Water is a colourless, doesnt have a smell or taste and is a liquid. It is necessary for life and is ingested by all living organisms.

Question 2

Name 3 direct uses of water

Answer 2

1. Humans and animals drink water to stay hydrated.
2. Humans and animals use water to get clean.
3. People use water to clean other items.

Question 3

What would be an indirect use of water?

Answer 3

These include processes such as papermaking, electricity generation, large-scale industries and agriculture.

Question 4

Why do people need water?
Name 3 reasons

Answer 4

1. Your body uses water to carry nutrient and oxygen in your body.
2. Water allows your body to absorb minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and other substances.
3. Water helps to regulate body temperature.

Question 5

Why do plants need water?

Answer 5

Plants need water to grow, for photosynthesis, for cooling and for transporting minerals and nutrients from the soil to the plant.

Question 6

Why do animals need water?

Answer 6

Animals need water for their bodies to function. They drink water and get water in the food they eat.

Question 7

Where do we get water from?

Answer 7

Dams
Rivers
Wetlands
Groundwater
Rain

Question 8

What is a water cycle

Answer 8

A water cycle is the movement of water from land and sea to the air, and back again (by evaporation, condensation, freezing, transpiration and melting).

Question 9

What are the four phases in the water cycle?

Answer 9

Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Draining / Runoff

Question 10

What is precipitation?

Answer 10

Precipitation is when water droplets in the clouds become heavy and fall down (in the form of snow, hail, sleet or rain).

Question 11

When does drainage occur?

Answer 11

Drainage/runoff occurs when much of this water flows into the rivers and lakes and is then returned to the sea.

Question 12

What is evaporation?

Answer 12

Evaporation occurs when heat from the sun causes the water of the sea, lakes, and rivers to rise in the air and turn into water vapor. This water vapor then melts together to form clouds.

Question 13

What is condensation?

Answer 13

Condensation occurs when water vapor cools and changes back to the liquid phase and then forms clouds in the air.

Question 14

What is transpiration?

Answer 14

Transpiration- is when plants emit water vapor from their leaves.

Question 15

What are raw materials?

Answer 15

This is when a material is in its natural state. It has not been processed.

Question 16

What are plant/tree based materials?

Answer 16

Plant based materials are materials that we get from plants or trees.

Question 17

Name 3 examples of plant based materials?

Answer 17

Vegetables
Fruit
Wood

Question 18

What are animal based products?

Answer 18

Animal-based materials are raw materials that we get from animals.

Question 19

Name 3 examples of animal based products

Answer 19

Leather
Bones
Wool

Question 20

What are mining based materials

Answer 20

Metal
Coal
Gold

Question 21

What are manufactured materials?

Answer 21

Manufactured materials are raw materials that have been processed by humans to have a different property or function.