How does the water cycle work?
The Earth 's water. Rivers, oceans, streams, creeks, waterfalls, and the stuff that comes out of your tap. Water is an amazing substance. It keeps every living thing alive. People, animals, plants, nothing can survive without it. It keeps things cool. It makes breathtaking waterfalls. But, what does it do apart from being drunk, be splashed and swum in, be washed with? Answer. The water cycle.
A lot more things happen to water than you think.
Evaporation
The Evaporation stage is when the water evaporates. The heat from the sun makes the water so hot that it turns into a gas called water vapour, and rises up into the air. This is the first step in the water cycle.
Condensation
Condensation is the second stage of the
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This is called rain. If the air is colder than 0ºC, then the rain freezes, forming snowflakes, so when it becomes heavy and the cloud dumps its load, it snows. If the frozen water gets hit by water in the cloud, the water freezes, making hailstones. So it hails.
Rain
Snow
Collection
Finally, the water collects in rivers, oceans, streams, creeks, lakes, even water reserves. This is the last stage of the water cycle.
From this stage, the water continues to go around and around the cycle. The water has done this since the world began. The water will keep doing it forever. Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Collection.
Sources
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/
http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0114-precipitation-types.php
http://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/weather/weather-types/precipitation/
https://www.thecrazytourist.com/the-most-beautiful-waterfalls-in-the-world/3/