Water Cycle on
Earth
What Is the Water Cycle?
The water cycle is the path that all
water follows as it moves around
Earth in different states. Liquid
water is found in oceans, rivers,
lakes—and even underground.
Solid ice is found in glaciers, snow,
and at the North and South Poles.
Water vapor—a Gas—is found in
Earth’s atmosphere.
glaciers
North and South Poles
How does water
travel from the
ocean to a cloud?
That’s where the
water cycle comes in.
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Water cycle processes :
5
1-Evaporation :
Heat from the Sun
causes water to evaporate from
oceans, lakes and streams.
( Evaporation occurs
when liquid water on Earth’s
surface turns into water vapor in
our atmosphere).
2-condensation
• Warm water vapor rises up through
Earth’s
• atmosphere. As the water vapor rises
• higher and higher, the cool air of the
• atmosphere causes the water vapor to
turn
• back into liquid water, creating clouds.
This
• process is called condensation
3preciptation
4-collection
The water from precipitation is then collected into various water bodies- seas,
oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, ponds, and underground.
.This process is also known as “deposition.” The water collected or deposited is
then evaporated and the water cycle continues.