Why is it always raining?!

A Look at the Water Cycle

Water is never new

Water is recycled

Rain water comes from water on the ground.

How you ask?

Because water is forever moving through a cycle!

Water evaporatesinto the air…

Clouds form through condensation…

And then it precipitates

What does the sun do in the water cycle?

Evaporation

What happens to water as things dry?

The sun helped the waterevaporate out of this mud

Condensation

We see condensation on the outside of cold glasses of water.

When water vapor becomes cold,

it condenses into a cloud.

Clouds then precipitate…

Precipitation can be:

• Rain• Sleet• Snow• Hail• Freezing Rain

So how does water do it?

Water has special physical properties:

It can be a:Gas

Liquid

Solid

The Water Cycle Song

• Water travels in a cycle, yes it does

• Water travels in a cycle, yes it does

• It goes up as evaporation

• Forms clouds as condensation

• Then comes down as precipitation, yes it does!

Works Cited

Google Images

http://helloworldbea.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/watervapor.jpg

http://www.proteacher.org/a/12048_Water_Cycle_Song.html