This is the story of how a little raindrop goes through the phases of the water cycle.

The first step of the water cycle is called Evaporation. 

The process of water turning from a liquid into a gas is called evaporation. Evaporation happens faster on a hot day. That is because the evaporation of water outside is powered by the sun! The hotter it is outside; the faster water will evaporate. Since water in its gas form has no color, we cannot see it. It just goes into the air. https://www.generationgenius.com/water-cycle-definition-and-steps/

The second step the little raindrop will go through will be Condensation.

Water vapor rises up in the sky due to the sun’s heat. Once the water vapor rises high enough it condenses into water droplets. Condensation is the process of water turning from a gas into a liquid. https://www.generationgenius.com/water-cycle-definition-and-steps/

The third step of the cycle is Precipitation.

When water droplets get heavy enough, they fall back down to Earth as rain! We call this precipitation because it can happen in a few different ways: rain (liquid water), snow (frozen water), and hail (big pieces of frozen water). Precipitation brings the water back down to earth and the cycle repeats … the sun shines on the water and it starts evaporating again. This is why we call it the water cycle. https://www.generationgenius.com/water-cycle-definition-and-steps/

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