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The Water Cycle

The Water Cycle is the unending circulation of Earth's water 

supply. The water constantly moves among the oceans, the 

atmosphere, the solid Earth, and the biosphere. The processes 

used in the water cycle is evaporation, condensation, 

precipitation, runoff, transpiration, and infiltration. 

The Water Cycle

Evaporation

Evaporation is the process of converting a liquid 

into a gas. It occurs because all the molecules of 

the water are constantly in motion. Evaporation 

can take place at any temperature. But they 

process more quickly during hot temperature.

Condensation

Condensation takes place when water vapor in 

the air condenses from a gas, back into a liquid 

form, to "condensate" into clouds in the 

atmosphere. Even sometimes when clouds are 

absent in a crystal blue sky, water is still 

present in the form of water vapor.

Precipitation

Precipitation is any different kind of water that 

falls from a cloud. Major forms of precipitation 

include rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Precipitation 

forms differently depending on the air 

temperature. Precipitation mainly falls when the 

water becomes too heavy for the cloud to hold.  

Run-Off

Run-Off is a process associated with 

transpiration which is associated with the water 

cycle. Run-Off is when the rate if rainfall 

exceeds Earth's ability to absorb it which the 

excess water flows over the surface into lakes 

and streams. Much of the runoff returns to the 

atmosphere because of evaporation from the 

soil, lakes, and streams.

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