MeteorologyMeteorologyThe Water Cycle Day 2The Water Cycle Day 2

What is the water cycle?What is the water cycle?• The continuous movement of water The continuous movement of water

between Earth’s surface and the air, between Earth’s surface and the air, changing from liquid to gas to liquid. changing from liquid to gas to liquid.

CondensationCondensation• 14. 14.

CondensationCondensation- - The changing of a The changing of a gas into a liquid.gas into a liquid.

• Water vapor in Water vapor in the air gets cold the air gets cold and changes back and changes back into liquid, into liquid, forming clouds. forming clouds.

What happens to a glass of ice What happens to a glass of ice cold lemonade on a hot cold lemonade on a hot summer day?summer day?

• The water vapor in the air is going to The water vapor in the air is going to get cold when it touches the glass get cold when it touches the glass and turn back into liquid. and turn back into liquid.

• This causes the glass of lemonade to This causes the glass of lemonade to become wet on the outside of the become wet on the outside of the glass. glass.

What is precipitation? What is precipitation? • 13. Precipitation- Any form of water 13. Precipitation- Any form of water

particles that particles that fallsfalls from the from the atmosphere and reaches the atmosphere and reaches the ground.ground.

• When water condenses so much When water condenses so much that a cloud can no longer hold it that a cloud can no longer hold it the water falls back to the earth in the water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, or snow. the form of rain, hail, or snow.

CollectionCollection• When water precipitates or falls back When water precipitates or falls back

to the earth it collects in bodies of to the earth it collects in bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, and water such as lakes, rivers, and oceans. It can also go into the soil oceans. It can also go into the soil and become groundwater. and become groundwater.

• What is all of the water on Earth What is all of the water on Earth known as?known as?