The Water Cycle

The Water Cycle

• - Vocabulary
• - Steps
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Vocabulary

• The Water Cycle: The changes to water when it is effected by heat energy in nature.
• Precipitation: Water droplets from the sky in forms of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
• Condensation: Cooling of water in the sky causing clouds to form.
• Evaporation: When water changes from a liquid to gas because of heat.
• Transpiration: Passage of water vapor to the sky from a plant.
• Collection: When water falls to Earth and collects in forms of streams, lakes, etc.

Step 1: Evaporation

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• The sun uses heat energy to move the water from the Earth into the atmosphere.
• Changes from a liquid to a gas.

Step 2: Condensation

• Particles mix with dust from the air forming clouds.
• Once the hot vapor hits the cool air, it turns back into a liquid.
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Step 3: Precipitation

• Enough water pressures the cloud to make water droplets fall in forms of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
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Step 4: Collection

• The precipitation falls to Earth and collects in bodies of water.
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