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BY LINDSY NOYES
The water cycle is the process water goes through as it travels from land to sky, back down to land. It is called a cycle because these processes happen over and over again in the same order.
Earths water is always on the move. This continuous movement of water is called the water cycle.
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation Collection
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Evaporation
Evaporation is the process of water moving from Earths surface to the sky. The sun heats up the water and turns it into a form of gas called vapor. How does it do this?
How does a liquid turn to a gas?
Water changes from a liquid to a gas when it is heated up. An increase in heat makes the water molecules move faster and spread farther apart from each other. This creates a gas or vapor!
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The warm water vapor rises up into the sky because it is less dense than liquid water.
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Water is all over the Earths surface. Think about all the places you see water. You see it in oceans, in lakes, in rivers and ponds. You see puddles of water on the street and on wet grass. Water all over the surface of Earth evaporates.
Wa t e r e v a p o r a t e s : 1.Faster in warm temperatures. A cup of water outside on a hot day will evaporate faster than a cup of water outside on a cold day. There is more heat to turn the liquid water to steam. 2.Faster when it is in a shallower container. In a long shallow container more water is exposed to the surface where it evaporates from
We can see evaporation when we boil water. As the water heats up it begins to turn to steam. You can see steam rising from a boiling pot of water.
Condensation
After the water evaporates and rises from Earths surface to the sky the next process of the water cycle is condensation. When water vapor gets up in the sky it gets colder. When the fast moving water particles get colder they slow down and turn back into liquid water up in the sky. When water vapor condenses into liquid in the sky it forms into a cloud
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You can see condensation occurring when you leave out a glass of cold water. When warm, wet air hits the outside of the cold glass the water in the air changes from a gas to a liquid. Thats why we see water droplets on the outside of the glass.
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Precipitation
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When so much water condenses into clouds the next process of the water cycle occurs. When clouds get so heavy of water the water falls back down to Earths surface. This is called precipitation.
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If the weather is very cold precipitation can fall in the frozen form of water. As the liquid water falls from the cloud it gets even colder and turns to a solid or partial solid.
Most of the time we see precipitation as rain. The water in the clouds comes down in its liquid form.
Snow
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Hail
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Collection
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When water falls back to Earth as precipitation it lands back in oceans, lakes, rivers, and land. Water can collect in bodies of water or it can collect on the ground. Some water seeps into soil and collects as ground water.
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