The Water Cycle

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The Water Cycle

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• Presented by Elizabeth Thornberry

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What is the Water Cycle?

• The water cycle is an endless journey that the
  water takes from earth to sky and back again.
  There are four stages in the water cycle
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Collection

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Evaporation

• Evaporation is when the sun heats up a water
  body (a river, ocean or lake) and turns it into
  steam or water vapor. The water vapor then leaves
  the water body and goes into the air.

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Condensation

• Condensation is when the water vapor in the air
  gets cold, turns back into liquid and forms
  clouds.

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Precipitation

• Precipitation occurs after too much water has
  condensed in the air. The clouds get heavy and
  the water falls back to earth in the form of
  rain, snow, sleet or hail.

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Collection

• When the water falls back to earth, it falls to
  many different places. It might land in the
  rivers, lakes and oceans or it might end up on
  land. If it falls on land, it might soak in the
  ground and become ground water or it might run
  over the soil and fall back into the rivers,
  lakes and oceans where the cycle will start over
  again.

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What have you learned?

• In what stage of the water cycle does the sun
  heat up the water and turn it into water vapor
  (or steam)?
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Collection

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WRONG!!

• Sorry, but that answer is incorrect!
• Go back and try again!
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CORRECT!!

• The sun heats up a water body and turns it into
  water vapor or steam in the EVAPORATION stage of
  the water cycle.
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Biography

• Elizabeth Thornberry is a senior at Western
  Michigan University majoring in Elementary
  Education. In the future, she hopes to teach
  middle school English on the east side of the
  state.

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Bibliography

• http//www.kidzone.ws/water
• Microsoft Clip Art
• Pictures used throughout have websites listed
  below them.