The water cycle

The water cycle

We all use water to drink it, play in it and more, but have you ever wondered what happens to it before we get it?  There are four stages it has to get through. Evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.

                                                        

Evaporation is when the sun warms up water bodies (lakes, rivers and the sea) then the water turns into vapour. Soon they will float up to the sky, to form clouds. Transpiration is when the water from the roots of plants rise up to the leafs of plants.  

Condensation is the second stage of the water cycle. It happens after the water vapour goes up to the sun. The water vapour gets cold and turns into big, and sometimes small fluffy clouds.

Precipitation is when the fluffy clouds get very heavy with all the water in it. Then they all fall back to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Collection when the water runs through mountains and cracks to get too big water bodies. Then it will sit there until it starts all over again. So, basically it recycles itself again and again to the end of time.

Water is very important, without it we would all die, and so would the animals and plants. Everyone has water in their lives, to keep us hydrated