Why is the water cycle important? LESSON

by Dynamic Earth Learning

Price: 500 points or $5 USD

Subjects: science,agriculture,stem,earthAndSpaceScience,weatherAndClimate,theRoleOfWaterInTheEarthsSurfaceProperties,lifeScience

Grades: 5,6,7,8,9

Description: Embedded video lesson on first slide! Then students answer 31 questions. This lesson covers the importance of the water cycle and its role in sustaining life on Earth. It explains that all living organisms, including humans, rely on the water cycle to access water. The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, describes the movement of water on, below, and above the Earth's surface. The processes involved in the water cycle include evaporation, transpiration, sublimation, condensation, and precipitation. The lesson also discusses the ways in which human activities impact the water cycle, such as clearing vegetation, irrigation practices, agricultural changes, deforestation, and dam construction. These human influences can disrupt the natural flow of water and have environmental consequences.