T5L1: The Water Cycle

Because the atmosphere is made mostly of water vapor

Because only Earth has rivers and lakes anywhere

Because Earth has the coldest oceans in the solar system

Because water covers most of the planet’s surface

Liquid water

Water vapor

Ice

Ocean water

In the oceans

In underground aquifers

In the atmosphere

In rivers and lakes

A single event where water freezes into ice

A one-time transfer of water from land to ocean

A seasonal pattern of rainfall without evaporation

A repeating process of water moving and changing form

Water vapor becomes solid rock

Liquid water becomes water vapor

Ice turns directly into metal

Liquid water turns into sand grains

Water vapor in the air

Water in rivers

Water in underground caves

Water in glaciers

Water disappears when it evaporates forever

Water becomes electricity during storms

Water only flows downhill and stays liquid

Water changes among vapor, liquid, and ice

Liquid water in the ocean

Water vapor forming clouds

Ice in a glacier

Rain falling from a storm

Evaporation from heated water

Condensation forming cool droplets

Precipitation falling from clouds

Runoff moving downhill to rivers

Warm river water in valleys

Cooler air at higher altitudes

Hot sand near the shore

Strong winds over forests