Water Cycle

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE WATER CYCLE AND HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING IT.

 

Definition:

EVAPORATION:

THE PROCESS OF TURNING FROM A LIQUID INTO VAPOR.

THE PROCESS OF SOMETHING ABSTRACT CEASING TO EXIST.

 

TRANSPIRATION:

(OF A PLANT OR A LEAF) THE EXHALATION OF WATER VAPOR THROUGH THE STOMATA.

(PLANTS LOSE MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THEIR WATER THROUGH TRANSPIRATION)

 

PRECIPITATION: 

THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF PRECIPITATING A SUBSTANCE OF A SOLUTION.

RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL THAT FALLS TO OR CONDENSES ON THE GROUND.

 

CONDENSATION:

WATER WHICH COLLECTS AS DROPLETS ON A COLD SURFACE WHEN HUMID AIR IS IN CONTACT WITH IT.

THE CONVERSION OF A VAPOR OR GAS TO A LIQUID.

 

 

Scientific words:

 

EVAPORATION. WHEN WATER IS HEATED BY RADIANT ENERGY IT TURNS INTO WATER VAPOR.

• 
  

TRANSPIRATION. EVAPORATION FROM PLANTS.

• 
  

CONDENSATION. WHEN WATER VAPOR COOLS, MOLECULES JOIN TOGETHER AND FORM CLOUDS.

• 
  

PRECIPITATION. WHEN CLOUDS GET HEAVY THE WATERS FALLS AS RAIN, SLEET, HAIL, OR SNOW.

• 
  

ACIDIFICATION: THE ACTION OR PROCESS OF MAKING OR BECOMING ACIDIC.

• 
  

 

WE WILL BE CONDUCTING AN EXPERIMENT THAT LOOKS AT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS AFFECTING THE WATER CYCLE.

THE WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

BAG 1: NORMAL WATER CYCLE

BAG 2: WATER CYCLE WITH CO2 ADDED: LIKE OCEANS IN CLIMATE CHANGE

BAG 3: WATER CYCLE WITH ICE ADDED: LIKE ANTARCTICA IN CLIMATE CHANGE

Material:

 PLASTIC BAG

1. 
   

VIVID MARKER

2. 
   

 1 CUP OF WATER

3. 
   

  2 DROPS OF FOOD COLORING

4. 
   

Steps:

 GOT OUR BAG

1. 
   

 WE DREW EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO ON IT.

2. 
   

NEXT, WE ADDED 1 CUP OF WATER

3. 
   

THE ADDED 2 DROPS OF FOOD COLORING

4. 
   

AFTER THAT, I ADDED DOUBLE SIDED TAPE ON ONE SIDE OF THE BAG AND TAPED IT TO THE WINDOW.

5. 
   

Two Images:

 

Findings: It was really easy to make and do.

 

Conclusion:

Findings:

 

 

	The Water Cycle: Bag 1	CO2 Water Cycle: Bag 2 Acid	Desert Water Cycle Bag 3
Does it cycle?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Amount of Water	2	2	2
Acidity	1	2	1

                                                  Key: Water and acidity amount: 1 = none 

2 = small drips

3 = large drips

 

Other comments:

1. Water cycle 1 had no acidity 

2 Water cycle bag 1-2-3 both have small amount of drips in them.

3 Water cycle bag 1&3 have no acidity in them

4 Water cycle 1-2-3- all cycle

 

 

Conclusion:

It was fun and learned heaps

 

 

 

 

Draw a labelled diagram of the Water Cycle

Water cycle words:

1. Precipitation
2. Hurricanes
3. Storms
4. Evaporation
5. Carbon Dioxide
6. Water
7. Oceans
8. Water vapour
9. Freshwater
10. Flooding

SOLO Hexagons Activity

 

 

 

 

1. Ice cap melt 

2. Acidification 

3. Deforestation

4. Water vapour

 

Ice cap melt definition:

A polar ice cap is a region of land at the North or South Pole of a planet that is covered with ice. ... As the polar ice caps melt, sea levels rise and the oceans become less saline.

2 pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deforestation definition:

Deforestation is the clearing of trees,transforming a forest into clear land. You can see word forest in deforestation.

Writing First Draft

Writing First draft

Once upon a time there was a man named  Jaxon on a private jet and then he ran out of gas luckily he had a parachute and he landed in the desert on the island of australia.   

Lucky I went Scouts as a kid and learnt a lot of survival and the bush and camping skills.

He thought how am I going to survive with a gun a lighter a axe a tarpaulin a sleeping bag a pot and paper then the thought I can cut a tree down and make a fire and a mini house.  

With my gun I could shoot a kangaroo, skin it, cook it and eat kangaroo then I went for a walk with my axe knife and gun and I found some plants like carrots and potatoes and make a good meal with the kangaroo as it got dark i went back and built my little cabin out of wood and a tarpaulin so I got started and made a mini house and went to sleep ZZz

I woke up and it was bright and sunny so I started my day with a potato a carrot and some kangaroo it was so delicious so then I got started with the potato and carrot seeds and planted them and then went hunting or I would run out of kangaroo then would have no meet to eat so.

Off I went off and got 2 kangaroo and stored them in my house they the I saw a camel so I tamed it and now the camel is my way of getting around to go hunting and get resources. As I thought only if I had reception I could ring someone but the as I thought I said to myself why would I do that this is fun in the wild.  And this bring back memories from when I was a kid or I would be dead. Is that a helicopter are they doing a search yay I think they see me they are coming down to pick me up. I am gonna miss being here in the wild it was fun and off i went to Gold Coast Australia We made it to Gold Coast this place is so cool and the tall building like Q1 it is 100 stories high it's so cool if i remember right my uncle Barrie I'm gonna go to the food court and get some food so i go to get poppa jacks I think I see my my uncle Barrie and Aunty Teresa And my 2 cousins Oriana, Briana I run to him and say hi uncle he says are you Murray's son I said yes Im jaxon And i went back to there house lucky they have a sleepout now I have somewhere to stay yay and life went on Happily Ever After...The End

Climate Change

Aim: To look at the causes of climate change and how to prevent it.

Climate Change video; The Facts video

As you watch the video answer these questions:

What is our greatest threat in thousands of years?

How do we see climate change affecting the globe?

1.   Flooding
2.   Droughts
3.   Tsunami
4.   Wind
5. Wind
6. Global Temperature and Sea Temperature Rising
7. Carbon Dioxide, Gasses

Is climate change a man made disaster? Yes

Dramatic action must be made in the next  1000 years to change it?

Why is our climate changing? 

Because people are using gas/fossil fuel and polluting earth

What is causing the warming trend of the climate?  Burning fossil fuels that is releasing too much carbon dioxide into earth and making earth too hot.

What is the main problem? Earth is heating up 2 much and Antarctica is melting and then the water levels will rise and all of earth will go under water.

Burning fossil fuels releases what gas? Carbon Dioxide

How much hotter now is our world?  The average global temperature on Earth has increased by about 0.8 degrees Celsius 1.4 Degrees Fahrenheit since 1880.

What do we call this global warming? Climate Change

How is this affecting creatures / animals like bats? More frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers and warming oceans can directly harm animals.

What percentage of species are near extinction? 99.9%

How could this effect the world ecosystems? 

All the animals will be extincted.

What global change was seen and recording breaking last year?

All the animals/mammals are dyeing and getting near extinction

How is climate change affecting our weather systems?

Global analyses show that the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere has in fact increased due to human-caused warming. This extra moisture is available to storm systems, resulting in heavier rainfalls. Climate change also alters characteristics of the atmosphere that affect weather patterns and storms.

What is another effect of climate change?

What will happen if the ice melts in Antarctica and the Arctic?

How does this affect people? 

Flooding there houses and having nowhere to live.

What other things affect oceans change?As greenhouse gases trap more energy from the sun, the oceans are absorbing more heat

What does too much heat do to the coral?

Kill the fish

Hurumanu-Drama

In drama we did some activities where listen and talk listen and look and some other stuff the main stuff that we did were freeze frames to represent the the four aspects of hauora which is taha hinengarao taha whanau taha tinana taha wairua I will show you each of the four aspects with freeze frames this is for taha hinegaro

 Taha Tinana/Physical wellbeing

Taha Wairua/Spiritual Wellbeing

                                                       Taha Hinengaro/Mental and Emotional

  Taha Whanau/Social wellbeing