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WATER CYCLE

EVAPORATION

CONDENSATION

TRANSPIRATION

PRECIPITATION

INFILTRATION

RUNOFF

The Sun heats the surface water. The water evaporates and it becomes water vapour.

The vapour rises, cools down and forms clouds.

Plants lose water due to evaporation caused by heat from the Sun. The water from this process also becomes part of the atmosphere.

Water returns to the Earth’s surface as either liquid rain or solid snow and hail.

Water penetrates the surface of the Earth and becomes underground runoff.

When liquid water is on the surface of the Earth it flows across the land. This water forms rivers that eventually return the water to the seas and oceans