Water Cycle

The water vapor cools down and changes from a gas to a liquid.

Clouds begin to fill with water droplets until it gets heavy enough to fall from the clouds.

Water begins to flow down the side of the mountain and feed back into the ocean.

Water is heated by the sun's thermal energy and changes from a liquid into a gas.

Water changes from a gas to a liquid.

Water vapor cools down and forms clouds.

Water slides down the side of the hill.

Water changes from a liquid into a gas.

to fill the clouds with water droplets

to provide thermal energy for evaporation

to form clouds

to assist with the groundwater

Water is heated by the sun's thermal energy and changes from a liquid to a gas.

Water vapor cools and changes from a gas to a liquid, and those water droplets come together to form clouds.

Rain, snow, sleet. or hail falls from the clouds.

It represents the movement of water from Earth's surface into the air and back to the surface again.

accumulation

evaporation

runoff

condensation

condensation

accumulation

precipitation

runoff

precipitation

condensation

evaporation

accumulation

accumulation

runoff

condensation

evaporation

Water flows downhill.

Water collects onto the Earth's surface (puddles, ponds, lakes, oceans, seas).

It is the process of changing from a liquid to a gas.

It is the process of changing from a gas to a liquid.

It's the process of changing from a liquid to a gas by adding thermal energy.

It's the process of changing from a gas to a liquid by cooling down.

Water flows down hill.

Water falls to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.