The document describes the water cycle through 3 main steps: 1) Evaporation where water is heated by the sun and turns to vapor, 2) Condensation where the vapor rises and cools to form water drops in clouds, and 3) Precipitation where the heavy clouds release water in forms of rain, hail, snow or sleet that falls back to oceans, seas, rivers, and ground in a continuous cycle controlled by solar heating.

1. Water cycle
How does water change?

2. Where do we find water in nature?
ocean
sea
river

3. The sun
• The sun controls the water cycle

4. The steps of the water cycle

5. 1) Evaporation
• When the water gets hot by the sun
it turns into water vapor

6. 2) Condensation
• When the vapor rise up in the sky it
gets cold and turns back to water
drops inside the cloud

7. 3) Precipitation
• When the clouds become heavy (full
of water) the water falls on the
ground as rain, hail, snow or sleet.