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The Water Cycle |
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The Water Cycle |
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The water cycle
begins with water. Water is found in many places. A few of
them are as follows:
Lakes, rivers, oceans, ponds, puddles, reservoirs, and many
other places.
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| Evaporation | ||
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The next stage is
evaporation. This is a process where the water
is heated and turned into a water vapour. The
sun is the main heat source for this process.
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| Transpiration | ||
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Plants and trees also breathe out water vapour, through tiny
holes in their leaves. This is called transpiration.
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| Condensation | ||
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The next stage is
condensation. This is where warm and cold air
collide and form ice crystals that condense and form
droplets of water. These water droplets eventually become
too heavy and begin to fall in the form of
precipitation.
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| Precipitation | ||
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The next stage is
Precipitation. This is water falling to the earth in the
form of snow, hail, rain, sleet, or glaze.
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| Percolation | ||
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The next stage is
percolation. The water seeps through the soil and ends up in
the water table. It then flows into the streams, lakes,
oceans, and other bodies of water. The process is then
repeated again and again.
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