Saturday 31 October 2009

The Water Cycle

I chose this picture of evaporation because even if it maybe childish it shows how H2O (water) goes up into the air from the water and will soon turn into clouds. These molecules are turned in to a gas and the sun makes them float into the sky to form clouds and restart the water cycle. Evaporation is very important because if the water from rivers, oceans, pods ect... does not turn into water vapour the water cycle breaks apart and there is no more rain.

I chose this picture on condensation because as you can see there is a cup with cold water in side it. The cold cup and war moist air collide and form condensation. This is because of the water vapour in the air and when it hits something colder than it's self it turns back in to it's original form water, but it stick on the cold glass.
I chose this picture on precipitation because it shows that precipitation can be a bad thing and because it also indicates what precipitation is(rain, snow, hail etc...). The reason raining is so bad is because the clouds have to much water vapour and need to let it out. Also by this big storms come and can wipe out towns and cities. Precipitation is one of the most important because the Earth would get to hot and there would be much less water that will be able to become water vapour.

I chose this picture of infiltration because it clearly shows how the ground gets water from when after it rains. On this picture you can see that it rained and then the water sank into the ground and and the travel until it reaches a ocean or river/steam. Infiltration is very important because it gives water to plants. This ground water can also be a bad thing because if it rains on a mountain the rock might get slippy and may cause a landslide.

1 comment:

Michael said...

Nice work on these, Thomas. I particularly liked how you included the graphic of flooding and said not all precipitation is good. You're very correct on this one. Ask the people of Manila, eh?