The water cycle involves evaporation of water from bodies of water by heat from the sun, condensation of water vapor into liquid water clouds, precipitation of water back to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail, and run-off of water over the ground or absorption into the ground. Key steps in the water cycle include evaporation of water into vapor, condensation of vapor into liquid water clouds, precipitation of water back to Earth, and run-off of leftover water over or into the ground.

1. Dana Grace
The Water Cycle
Vishaal Jason
Water cycle picture from Environmental Education for Kids

2. Explaining The Water Cycle
The water cycle is when
water evaporates and or Run-off
turns back to water to
make precipitation. Here
we will explain the
different steps of the
water cycle: evaporation,
condensation,
precipitation and run-off Diagram from Kidzone
water.

3. Evaporation
Evaporation is when the heat
from the sun warms up rivers,
lakes or oceans and it turns the
water into water vapor or steam.
This is called evaporation.
Evaporation picture from USGS
Steam picture from USGS

4. Condensation
Condensation happens when water vapor
becomes liquid. Condensation is when water vapor
is in a cold area, making it into liquid water. Which
continues the water cycle. Condensation can form
clouds.
Cloud Picture From Kid Zone
Fog picture from USGS

5. Precipitation
Storm Photo from USGS website.
Precipitation happens when too much condensed
water is in a cloud. The cloud can’t hold this weight
anymore. The water falls back to the earth in the form
of hail, sleet, snow or rain.

6. Types of Precipitation
Rain is is the most common form of precipitation in our
atmosphere. Rain takes place when drops of liquid water fall
on the earth’s surface. Snow forms when water vapor turns
directly into ice. Sleet is frozen rain drops. Hail forms deep
within Cumulonimbus clouds. Ice crystals form in these
clouds and begin to fall towards the earth’s surface, this is
hail.
Pictures from Wikipedia

7. Run-Off Water
Run-Off water is after
precipitation, Run-Off water
is the water that you see
flowing down the side of
Run-off Water picture from Wikipedia
the road. Ground water is
the water that gets soaked
into the ground. When no
more water can be soaked
into the ground, the rest of
the water becomes run-off
water.
Pic from www2010.atmos