WATER CYCLE

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• The water cycle says how water evaporates, rises into the atmosphere, cools and condenses into rain or snow, and precipitates back onto the Earth's surface.
• The precipitation collects in rivers and lakes, soil, and porous layers of rock, where it will evaporate again.

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• Evaporation- The sun heats water turning it into vapor or steam.
• Transpiration- Water is carried through plant roots to the pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and rises into the atmosphere.
• Condensation- Vapor cools and changes back into liquid, forming clouds.

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• 4. Precipitation- condensed water build up releases rain, because the atmospheric air can't hold it anymore.
• 5. Runoff- Water soaks into the surface and becomes groundwater. It can also fall into lakes, rivers or oceans. The process starts over.

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