The Water Cycle is the constant recycling of water from Earth's surface, to the atmosphere, and back to Earth's surface again. During the cycle, water changes from a liquid to a gas and back to a liquid.
We get fresh water from the oceans. When the salty water evaporates, the salt remains in the ocean and the water vapor is now fresh.
Evaporation - the process by which a liquid changes to a gas. In the water cycle, the sun heats up the water.
Water Vapor - water is in gas form. It is invisible but can be felt.
Condensation - happens when the water vapor rises, cools, and changes from a gas to a liquid.
Precipitation- The water droplets collect until they become heavy and fall from the clouds in the form of rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
Transpiration - When water evaporates out of the plant.
Aquifer - underground water storage
Ground Water - water that has soaked in the ground.
Clouds - water droplets
