Assignment - Infographics - 112
Objective
Create a cycle diagram infographic in Canva that shows how the water cycle works, moving water continuously between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere.
Instructions
The Four Main Processes
Your diagram should show these stages in a circular flow:
Evaporation - Heat from the sun causes water from oceans, rivers, and lakes to turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere. Transpiration from plants also adds water vapor (this combined process is sometimes called evapotranspiration).
Condensation - As water vapor rises and cools at higher altitudes, it condenses into tiny water droplets. These droplets collect to form clouds.
Precipitation - Water falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, depending on temperature.
Collection - Water collects in oceans, rivers, lakes, and groundwater. It also flows as surface runoff over land, eventually returning to larger bodies of water.
Landscape to Include
Draw or use Canva elements to create a landscape scene that contains:
- An ocean or large body of water on one side
- Mountains in the middle or background
- The sun above
- Clouds forming above the mountains
- Rain falling from clouds
- A river flowing back toward the sea
Arrows should show the direction of the cycle: water rising from the ocean, clouds forming, rain falling on the mountains, river flowing back to the sea.
Labels
Label each stage with its name and a one-sentence description directly on the diagram.
Required Elements
- All four stages labeled and described.
- Arrows showing the direction of flow.
- A landscape scene with sun, ocean, mountains, clouds, and rain.
- Title: “The Water Cycle.”