3. What is a WATER CYCLE?
• In the water
cycle, water
moves from Earth
to the air and
back again.
4. Water vapor meets cool air.
2 The cool air causes the water
vapor to condense, or change
into tiny water drops. The
drops form clouds.
3
1
Water drops come
The sun makes together and get bigger
water warm. This and heavier. Then they
causes the water fall as rain or snow.
to evaporate, or
change to water
vapor. Water
Some rain and snow
vapor is water in
falls into rivers, lakes,
the air that you 4 and oceans. Some
can not see.
flows there from the
land.
The cycle
5 continues.
5. Clouds
Clouds Weather
Some clouds look like
puffy white cotton. They
often mean nice
cumulus weather
Other clouds are gray,
flat, and low in the sky.
stratus The may bring rain or
snow.
These clouds look like
thin, white feathers.
They often mean sunny
cirrus weather.
6. TIME TO REVIEW!
• What is a water cycle?
• What causes the water to evaporate?
• What does condense mean?
• What kind of clouds bring rain or snow?
7. TIME TO REVIEW!
• What is a water cycle?
• What causes the water to evaporate?
• What does condense mean?
• What kind of clouds bring rain or snow?
