THE WATER CYCLE

WATER CYCLESTATES OF MATTER

THE STATES OF MATTERSOLIDLIQUIDGASWATER VAPOUR

SNOWICERAIN(WATER)THE STATES OF WATER

SOLIDLIQUIDGASGETTING HOTTER

GETTING COLDER

PHASE CHANGES OF MATTERMELTINGEVAPORATIONFREEZINGCONDENSATIONSUBLIMATIONDEPOSITION

WATER CYCLE

EVAPORATION(from oceans, seas, lakes, rivers)CONDENSATION(Cloud formation)PRECIPITATION(Raining, hailing or snowing)

TRANSPIRATION(from plants)COLLECTIONSurface runoffGroundwater

EVAPORATIONThe Sun heats up water from oceans, rivers, seas, lakes, that changes into water vapour and evaporates to the sky.TRANSPIRATIONThe Sun heats up water from plants that changes into water vapour and evaporates to the sky.

CONDENSATIONWater vapour in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid (drops of water), forming clouds.

PRECIPITATIONAny form of water, such as rain, hail or snow, formed by condensation of water vapour in the atmosphere, falls to the earth's surface. SnowingRainingHailing

COLLECTIONWhen water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land. When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the groundwater that plants and animals use to drink and goes to the seas/oceans or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers where the water cycle starts all over again.