The water cycle

What is the water cycle?

• The three forms of water

• The movement of water on, above or below the surface of the Earth

• The formation of the clouds

• When water melts

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Collection

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Collection

What is the condensation?

• The change from gas into liquid.

• The change from liquid into solid.

• The change from liquid into gas.

What is evaporation?

• The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.

• The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.

When water condenses, the water vapor in the air gets ____ and changes back into liquid.

Draw the water cycle.