Water Cycle

1. Evaporation

This picture shows evaporation. As you can see, the water on the ground is heating up. Soon, this water will become water vapor, and will evaporate into the sky. Evaporation is the first step in the water cycle.

2. Condensation

This is condensation. Condensation is when water vapor changes back to liquid. Condensation might appear as fog, mist, and other things. The water droplets on the picture is when the water 

 evaporated, and then came back down as the form of liquid. Condensation is the second step in the water cycle.

3. Precipitation

An  example of precipitation is rain. Precipitation is what happens when the water vapors meet together and form a cloud. As more water evaporate, more water vapor is added to the cloud. Once there is too much water vapor together, it will get heavy and the water vapor cannot hold itself together as a cloud. Then, the water vapor falls down, and according to the temperature, it may come down as rain, snow or hail. Precipitation is the third step of the water cycle.

4. Infiltration

Infiltration is when water soaks down into the ground. When rain starts, the water falls steadily to the ground. Mostly the ground soaks up the water. But when there is a flood, a lot of water doesn't get soaked up by the ground. This water just stays around, because it has nowhere to go. When the flood stops and the sun is up again, evaporation will begin and it will be the start of a new water cycle. Infiltration is the fourth and the last step of the water cycle.