🌧 The Water Cycle

Water Is Always Moving

The water cycle (hydrological cycle) is the continuous movement of water through Earth's environment. The same water has been cycling for billions of years!

1. ☀ Evaporation — heat from the sun turns liquid water into water vapor, which rises into the atmosphere
2. ⛈ Condensation — water vapor cools as it rises and turns back into tiny liquid droplets, forming clouds
3. 🌧 Precipitation — water droplets in clouds combine and fall as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
4. 🌈 Collection — water collects in oceans, rivers, and lakes, or soaks into the ground as groundwater