The Water CycleBy Danielle Cavanaugh

Key Vocabulary WordsEvaporationCondensationPrecipitationRun-off

EvaporationThe sun shines down onto the water.

Heat from the sun changes the water into WATER VAPOR as it rises into the sky.

CondensationAs the water vapor rises into the sky it forms into clouds.

When the water vapor forms into clouds this is known as condensation.

PrecipitationWhen the clouds get cold and heavy

precipitation falls from the clouds in forms of rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Run offAfter precipitation comes down from the

clouds the rain or snow then goes into the ground, ponds, rivers, streams and oceans as run off.

Continuous CircleThe Water cycle then goes back through the

cycle or circle by the sun heating the water and evaporating it into the sky.

The Water Cycle never stops.

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