The Water Cycle

The four(4) stages in the Water Cycle are:EvaporationCondensationPrecipitationCollection

Evaporation occurs when the sun heats up

water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns

it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or

steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes

into the air.

Stage 1-Evaporation

Water vapor

SUN

Figure 2- Evaporation

Condensation occurs when water vapor or

steam in the air gets cold and changes from

a gas back into liquid, forming clouds. 

Stage 2- Condensation

Figure 3- Condensation

Precipitation occurs when so much water

has condensed that the clouds get heavy

and water falls back to the earth in the

form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.

Stage 3- Precipitation

Figure 4- Precipitation

This is when water that falls from the clouds as

rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans,

rivers, lakes, streams. Most will soak into the

ground and will collect as underground water.

Stage 4- Collection

Figure 5- Collection

Sea

3.Precipitation

2.Condensation

Evaporation

The 4 stages of the water cycle:EvaporationCondensationPrecipitationCollection

Figure 6- The Complete Water Cycle

4.Collection