water cycle

• The water cycle

  1. Evaporation

  2. Condensation

  3. Precipitation

  4. Collection
• Evaporation

  When the sun heats up the water on land in lakes, rivers and seas, turning it into a gas called water vapor which rises into the sky
• Condensation

  When the water vapor in the air cools down, it changes into small drops of water, forming clouds
• Precipitation

  When the droplets in the clouds become too big and too heavy for the air to hold, they fall as rain, hail or snow
• Collection

  When the water falls as rain, hail or snow, it is collected in lakes, rivers and seas
• The water on earth is constantly moving, and the water cycle is the process in which water is recycled over and over again, moving from land to the sky and back again
• The water cycle starts over again after the collection stage
• water cycle