Water Cycle

The tiny cloud droplets combine with each other and grow into bigger water drops.

• Precipitation

• Runoff

• Sun

• Lakes

Some runoff even soaks into the ground to become __

• Groundwater

• Rivers

• Plants

• Snow

When rain hits the land or snow melts, it flows downhill over the landscape.

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Clouds

• Apples

Provides water to rivers, lakes, and the oceans.

• Runoff

• Sun

• Rivers

• Lakes

_______________ allows water to change forms from liquid to gas to ice and back again

• The sun's heat

• Warm air

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

_____________ provides heat, or energy, which is what makes the water cycle work.

• The sun

• The Clouds

• Condensation

• Runoff

Condensation:

• causes clouds to form.

• the sun

• water that falls as precipitation

• groundwater

Any water can evaporate, even the snow on the top of mountains or the water in the leaves of trees!

• True

• False

When the sun causes liquid water to evaporate.

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Groundwater