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This is the tale of the water 

cycle in action. The water 

cycle is the movement of 

water as it travels around 

and through the earth. The 

cycle begins with 

evaporation. Evaporation 

is the change of water 

from liquid to invisible gas. 

Heat from the sun 

evaporates the water. This 

water changes into 

invisible gas that floats up 

into the sky and turns into 

clouds. 

Once these clouds can't hold any more water, they 

release it as precipitation. Precipitation is rain, hail, 

sleet, and snow that falls from the sky. The snow 

falls onto mountains and becomes squished 

together after a very long time. This snow turns into 

a glacier. Glaciers are giant structures of ice.

The snow and ice on 

top of a glacier 

changes directly to 

invisible gas from the 

heat of the sun. This is 

called sublimation. 

When it rains, the 

water travels down the 

mountains and into 

lakes, rivers, and 

oceans. 

When rain falls onto 

the ground, it sinks 

into the ground and 

collects salt and really 

tiny solids called 

minerals. This is called 

percolation.

When the rain sinks into the ground, it becomes 

groundwater. This water can collect and turn into 

aquifers. Aquifers are large pools of water 

underground. The salts and minerals the 

groundwater carries floats around in aquifers.

Right below the aquifers is the impermeable layer. 

The impermeable layer is a layer of earth that water 

can not go into.

Some of this groundwater also travels into bodies 

of water such as lakes. 

And then the cycle starts over again!

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