The Water Cycle

The Water Cycle

By: Heather Christodoulakis

Table of Contents

What is Water? Page 3

Liquid, Solid, and Gas Page 4

The Endless Water Cycle Page 5

Rain Page 6

Rivers and Oceans Page 7

Water Vapor Page 8

Clouds Page 9

The Water Cycle in ACTION Page 10

What is Water?

Pure water has no color or taste. 

Water can be a liquid, solid, or gas.  

Water is a very important part of our environment.  

Every living thing on Earth needs water to survive.

What is water?

Pure water has no color or taste. Water can be a liquid, solid, or gas.  

Water is a very important part of our environment.  Every living thing on Earth depends on water to survive.

LIQUID, SOLID, AND GAS

At normal temperature, water is liquid .  

When it is solid it is called ice or snow. 

When water is gas it is called water vapor .

The Endless Water Cycle

RAIN

Rain falls to the Earth from the clouds in the sky.  

Tiny droplets join and beome too heavy to stay in the clouds .  

The water falls as rain and can be light rain or a heavy rain. 

RIVERS AND OCEANS 

After falling as rain, the next stage is when the water collects in rivers and oceans.

Some rivers flow into lakes but most find their way to the biggest body of water, the ocean. 

WATER VAPOR

Water from rivers and oceans evaporates into water vapor. 

Liquid water evaporates when it is heated by the sun.

Water vapor rises from the water to form clouds in the sky.

CLOUDS

Water vapor is made up of tiny droplets of liquid water as it rises and forms clouds.

The droplets are so small that they can float up to the blue sky.

Droplets combine in the clouds and become heavy which will soon fall as rain again.

The Water Cycle in ACTION!!