Evaporation is the process when water is in it's liquid state turn into water vapor.
As you can see the water molecules are turning into water vapor
(water in it's gaseous state) from the heat of the sun.
2. Condensation
Condensation is the opposite of evaporation. Instead of water in it's liquid state turning into water vapor, it's water vapor turning into water in it it's liquid state. As you can see here condensation has appeared on the outside of a window. You can also there are many water droplets on the that indicates there is condensation on the outside of the window.
3. Precipitation
Precipitation is any form of water that falls to the ground, such as rain, hail,snow sleet and e.t.c.
As you can see in the picture rain is a form of precipitation. Precipitation occurs when the water droplets from condensation get bigger in size, and the air can no longer support them.
4. Infiltration
Infiltration occurs when water soaks into the ground from ground level. Some water will be soaked up by plant roots to help the plants grow, the rest will be stored underground this is known as ground water. As you can see in this picture the water from precipitation has been soaked up by the soil and is stored underground.
5. Run-Off
When Precipitation occurs and the water is not soaked by the soil the water moves forward through the rivers and ends back in the this is known as run-off. This is the most important part of the water cycle.
1 comment:
Brandon, this is a fine job, both with the graphics and the explanations. You didn't have to do the run-off term, but you did it well. It makes your work complete. On, on, BF.
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