Science · Grades 4–8
Water pathways: storage and movement · Revision card
Water can move among air, land, surface water and underground storage.
Understand the idea
Trace a pathway
Water can move among air, land, surface water and underground storage.
Name the process
Evaporation, condensation, runoff and infiltration describe different transfers.
A cycle has many routes
Water does not always follow one fixed circular sequence.
Worked examples
Which process changes liquid water to water vapour?
Evaporation transfers water into the gas phase.
evaporation
Water soaking into soil is called
It enters the ground from the surface.
infiltration
Explain without looking
- A puddle disappears on a dry day. Does that mean its water no longer exists? Explain.
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