WORKSHEET 1: HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE (INTRODUCTION)

A. Refer the diagram from PowerPoint and answer the question.

Instruction:
1. Copy the diagram in your notebook.
2. Name and define the diagram drawn.
3. Why is it called a cycle?
4. The Hydrological cycle is a system. Why is it called a system?

B. Refer to website / PowerPoint that shows a Hydrological cycle flow diagram.

Instructions:
1. Copy the flow diagram.
2. Is the Hydrological cycle a closed or opened system? Why?

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WORKSEET 2: DRAINAGE BASIN.
A. Label the hydrological cycle in worksheet 1 and use the terms given below:
(precipitation, infiltration, percolation, groundwater, throughflow, evaporation,
transpiration, evapotranspiration, channel flow, overlandflow, condensation)

B. Test yourself (Try online game)

http://cgz.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cgz/accounts/staff/rchambers/GeoBytes/G
eoGames/geogames.htm

C.Define the terms above.

(*refer to website or textbook, Essential As Geog by Ross, p:221-4)
http://books.google.com/books?id=eiR_RLPB6GAC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=hydrolo
gical+cycle%3B+open+and+closed+system&source=bl&ots=DQ
bsfqwdm&sig=YgBhWKtyVPryzmUZLqPviFgPp0s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&res
num=4&ct=result#PPA9,M1

D. Briefly describe using your own words how water move throughout the drainage
basin. (refer website)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/rivers/drainage/index.shtml

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/smry.rxml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/water_cycle/rivers/index.shtml

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