What is the Water Cycle?
- The water cycle is the journey that water takes as it moves around our planet.
- It goes from the ground to the sky and then back again.
- There are important parts of this cycle: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
- Evaporation happens when the sun heats water from rivers, lakes, and oceans, turning it into vapor in the air.
- Condensation happens when the water vapor cools down and forms clouds.
- Precipitation is when water falls back to the ground as rain, snow, or hail!
Examples:
- A puddle on the ground gets smaller on a sunny day because the water is evaporating into the air.
- When you see dark clouds in the sky, that is condensation, and it might rain soon!
- After it rains, the water soaks into the ground or flows into rivers, starting the cycle again.
Fun Fact: The water you drink today might have been in a dinosaur's stomach a long time ago! Water has been around for millions of years and keeps moving through the cycle.
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