Water cycle

The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth

• circle of water

• water cycle

Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.

• precipitation

• run-off

Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• evaporation

• precipitation

The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

• Transpiration

• run-off

The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to liquid.

• condensation

• transpiration

The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat

• water cycle

• evaporation