ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Modified Strategic Intervention Materials

Quarter 1 Week 4-5

Environmental Science
Modified Strategic Intervention Materials

Grade 7 – Quarter 1: Week 4-5: The Water Cycle

Development Team
Author: Consuelo O. Cuevas
Cover Art Illustrator: Erich D. Garcia
Reviewer: Paz I. Canlas
Editor: Paz I. Canlas
Layout: Gilbert M. Datu

Management Team
Zenia G. Mostoles EdD, CESOV, Schools Division Superintendent
Celia R. Lacanlale PhD, Chief CID
Paz I. Canlas, Education Program Supervisor in Science

Department of Education – Division of Pampanga

Office Address: High School Boulevard, Brgy. Lourdes,

San Fernando City, Pampanga

Landline Number: (045) 435-27-28

Email Address: [email protected]

 TITLE CARD: The Water Cycle

GUIDE CARD

A. Learning Competency
Analyze diagrams in explaining how materials cycle in the
environment.

Objectives of the Lesson

1. Explain the water cycle through a diagram.
2. Discuss the importance of this cycle.

B. Introduction
Water, like any other nutrient, is recycled, but it differs from most
other nutrient cycling because it remains unchanged in the cycle and
continues even in the absence of living things. However, life cannot
exist without water because all living things depend on it. In fact,
water constitutes about 60 to 96 percent of the weight of living things.
The heat from the sun causes water in the Earth’s seas and oceans to
evaporate. As water vapor reaches the cooler layers in the
atmosphere, it condenses and forms clouds. Eventually, water falls
down on the Earth’s surface from the clouds as rain, hail, or snow.
Most of the water falls back into the seas and oceans. Some seep
into the soil and stored to become the underground water supply.
Some are absorbed by the roots and stored in various parts of the
plant. Animals obtain water by drinking or eating plants. Animal
excretion like sweating and urination returns the rest of the water back
into the environment. Plants release water into the environment during
transpiration and dew formation. The process of decomposition also
releases water back where it came from, and the cycle continues.
The water cycle differs from the other cycles of materials. The changes
it undergoes are purely physical rather than chemical. During
evaporation and condensation, water simply changes its form/phase.

Figure 1.1. The Water Cycle

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ACTIVITY CARD

Activity 1
The Water Cycle

Objective:
Find out the important processes in the water cycle.

Materials:
2 equal – sized transparent bottles blue food colors
medicine dropper rubber band
1 pc plastic sheet water
2 thermometers

Procedure: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON YOUR ACTIVITY

NOTEBOOK.

1. Label the bottles with numbers 1 and 2.

2. Half – fill each bottle with water. Add about two drops of blue
food color to each bottle.

a. Describe the color of the resulting liquids.

3. Get the initial temperature of each liquid.

4. Cover Bottle 1 tightly with a plastic sheet. Secure the cover

with a rubber band. Leave Bottle 2 uncovered.

5. Place the two bottles under the sun for about two hours then
observe the setups. Are there any changes in the bottles?

6. Place a thermometer in the water for three minutes then read

the final temperature of water. Do this simultaneously for the
two bottles.

b. Compare the two temperatures you obtained.

c. Compare the contents of Bottles 1 and 2 after two hours
and their temperatures.
d. Was there a change in the water level in Bottle 1? If so, what
is the reason for the change? Describe the processes the
water went through when it was placed under the sun.
Compare with your observations in Bottle 2.
e. Draw diagrams of the changes undergone by water in each
bottle. How do these relate to the water cycle in the
environment?

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 Activity 2
Water Cycle

Objectives:
1. Trace the water cycle.
2. Explain the importance of water cycle in living things.

Materials:
Illustration of water cycle
Chart of the poem ‘The Wind Whispered to the Grass’
by Amelita Lo

Procedure:
1. Read and interpret the poem, then answer the questions
asked.

2. Role play the poem for better understanding.

The Wind Whispered to the Grass

by Amelita Lo

On a cold afternoon
when the sun began to set
a cold wind came blowing
over the fields

The green leaves and grasses

began to sway gracefully
In a moment
the wind came to a green
pointed blooming blade of
grass and bowed

May I dance with you?

The wind whispered
The grass nodded her head
and they began dancing
all over the fiends.

While they were dancing

the wind gave something
to the grass which glittered
like a diamond

“What’s this?,” the grass asked

“A dew drop. It’s my present to you”
“Pin it in your breast,” says the wind
“What for?,” asked the grass.
“So that I can easily find you among the grasses”
“Why do you wish to do that?”
“Because I love you,” whispered the wind.

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 The next morning, the wind left the grass stood still
While the sun shine hot and bright
The dew on the grass disappeared.

When the wind returned

He could not find his beloved grass anymore
The wind blew all over the fields
All the green leaves and grasses sway and dance in the wind

But no one of them had a

diamond dew on its breast

Do you know why?

Guide Questions: WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON YOUR ACTIVITY

NOTEBOOK
1. What was the gift presented to the grass?
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2. Where did the dew go? What process is involved?
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3. Why would the wind can’t find his beloved grass? Explain.
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4. What happens as water reaches the atmosphere?
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5. What are clouds? How are they formed?
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6. What happens to the bodies of water as the sun shines?
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7. Explain the water cycle which involves the three phases.
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8. Cite pieces of evidence the water cycle is important to man.
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 ASSESSMENT CARD

A. Multiple Choice

Encircle the letter of the best answer. Write your answers on your
Evaluation Notebook.

1. The movement of water between Earth and the air is the _______.
A. ground water C. water cycle
B. flood plain D. drainage basin
2. Heat from the sun causes water to change to gas called water vapor.
What do you call to the process?
A. evaporation C. precipitation
B. condensation D. transpiration
3. What do you call the process where in water vapor changes back into
a liquid in the atmosphere?
A. evaporation C. precipitation
B. condensation D. transpiration
4. What processes are responsible for the continuous cycling of water
from the bodies of living organisms and large bodies of water to the
atmosphere and back?
A. condensation and osmosis
B. evaporation and condensation
C. evaporation and transpiration
D. None of the above
5. When water is in gas form is called ____________.
A. liquid C. gas
B. solid D. water vapor

B. Questions

Answer the questions thoroughly. Write your answers on your

Evaluation Notebook.

1. What is evaporation?
2. What is respiration?
3. Where can we trace the origin of water in the atmosphere?
4. How does water return to the surface of Earth?

C. Make a chart of water cycle using cartolina and colored paper.

Explain your own chart.

ENRICHMENT CARD
Trace the water cycle using diagram involving the three phases
namely: evaporation, condensation and precipitation.

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A. ACTIVITY CARD
Learner’s answer may vary.
B. ASSESSMENT CARD
PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. D
PART B: QUESTIONS
1. Evaporation is the process where in water from the land and other bodies of
water returns to the atmosphere.
2. Respiration refers to the process where in there is union of food with oxygen to
produce energy releasing carbon dioxide and water as by – products.
3. Learner’s answer may vary.
4. Water returns to the surface of Earth through the process of condensation and
precipitation.
PART C: Learner’s answer may vary.
C. ENRICHMENT CARD
Learner’s answers may vary.
ANSWER CARD
Ines
Integrated Science, Estrella E. Mendoza, Maria B. Reyes, Maria Donna B.
Salvacion Lindo Dorado
Environmental Science for Philippine Schools, Melecio C. Deauna,
REFERENCE CARD
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