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Water Cycle

The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface, driven by energy from the sun. Water evaporates from oceans, lakes, rivers, and soil into the atmosphere, where it cools and condenses to form clouds. Water then falls back to Earth as precipitation, with some soaking into the ground as groundwater and some running across the surface in rivers and streams back into oceans, completing the cycle. The water cycle is crucial for life on our planet.

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Water Cycle

The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the Earth's surface, driven by energy from the sun. Water evaporates from oceans, lakes, rivers, and soil into the atmosphere, where it cools and condenses to form clouds. Water then falls back to Earth as precipitation, with some soaking into the ground as groundwater and some running across the surface in rivers and streams back into oceans, completing the cycle. The water cycle is crucial for life on our planet.

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The Water Cycle

AURORA A. PAPA
Water never leaves the Earth. It is constantly
being cycled through the atmosphere, ocean,
and land. This process, known as the water
cycle, is driven by energy from the sun. The
water cycle is crucial to the existence of life on
our planet.
The Water Cycle
During part of the water cycle, the sun heats
up liquid water and changes it to a gas by the
process of evaporation. Water that
evaporates from Earth’s oceans, lakes, rivers,
and moist soil rises up into the atmosphere.
The process of evaporation from plants is
called transpiration. (In other words, it’s like
plants sweating.)
As water (in the form of gas) rises higher in the
atmosphere, it starts to cool and become a liquid
again. This process is called condensation. When
a large amount of water vapor condenses, it
results in the formation of clouds.
When the water in the clouds gets too
heavy, the water falls back to the earth.
This is called precipitation.
When rain falls on the land, some of the water is
absorbed into the ground forming pockets of water
called groundwater. Most groundwater eventually
returns to the ocean. Other precipitation runs
directly into streams or rivers. Water that collects
in rivers, streams, and oceans is called runoff.
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