Finding Answers to the Big Water Questions

What is the Water Cycle and Why Is It Important?

Water Cycles through the Earth and the Atmosphere.
The processes include:
Runoff, Evaporation, Condensation, Percolation,
Precipitation, Transpiration, and Respiration.

Runoff

Condensation

Percolation Into the Aquifer

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Why Is Water So Important to Life?

Foods Contain Water

We All Need Water to Live

All Living Things Need Water Too

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How Much Water Does My Family Use?

Long Haul
Students Learn Just How Much the Water They Use

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What is a Watershed and How Does It Function?

Rolling River demonstrates that a watershed is the land area
that drains to a river or lake.

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How Do Our Actions Affect Water Quality?

Our Actions Matter !
Water quality downstream is affected by what happens upstream.

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