Water balance in the natural water cycle
Interactive
Animation:
As in a business balance the income side and the expenditure side, there is an intake side and a release side in the water balance.
Type of media:
Interactive (1.5 MByte)
Last update:
2021-06-25
License:
This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.
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This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.
What does this mean?
How to reference this medium
Media package:
Description:
The actions on the intake and release side can be looked at separately. Together they determine the water balance.
The individual factors on the release side include: evaporation from plants, from the Earth's surface, from surface waters, from the sea, from factories, from people.
The outflow includes the outflow from surface waters into the sea and the outflow into the ground water. The intake side includes above all precipitation and the inflow from glaciers.
Information and ideas:
The interactive graphic can be used to round off work on the water cycle, as it takes a more detailed look at the intake and release sides separately from each other.
The individual factors on the release side include: evaporation from plants, from the Earth's surface, from surface waters, from the sea, from factories, from people.
The outflow includes the outflow from surface waters into the sea and the outflow into the ground water. The intake side includes above all precipitation and the inflow from glaciers.
Information and ideas:
The interactive graphic can be used to round off work on the water cycle, as it takes a more detailed look at the intake and release sides separately from each other.
Related media:
The natural water cycle (Interactive)
Learning resource type:
Animation
Subjects:
Geography
Grade levels:
Grade 5 to 6; Grade 7 to 9; Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Middle/high school
Keywords:
Precipitation; State of aggregation; Water; Water cycle; Precipitation; State of aggregation; Water (manifestation); Water (vital for life); Water circuit
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2021