Round and Round It Goes; Water, Where It Stops Nobody Knows

Abstract:

The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun, which identifies the constant, endless movement of water from the atmosphere to the earth to the ground water, to the rivers to the oceans and back into the atmosphere. This experimental lab lesson will show the process of the hydrologic cycle as it relates to the earth's atmosphere by showing three different scenarios, the first scenario (the control), container A, shows the hydrologic cycle with no contaminates. The second scenario, container B, shows the hydrologic cycle with the earth's soil contaminated. The third scenario, container C, demonstrates the hydrologic cycle with the air polluted. These three situations will give the student an idea of how the atmosphere and the growth of plant life are affected by different contaminants in the earth. This lesson will, in fact, investigate the hydrologic cycle experimentally.

Subject:

Science and Technology

Grade Level:

Secondary

SubTopics:

Water , Soil and Land , Industrial and Agricultural Impacts

Collection:

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