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Water can be found all over Earth in the ocean, on land and in the atmosphere. The water cycle is the path that all water follows as it moves around our planet.

How does water get into the atmosphere?
 There are two main ways this happens:

1. Heat from the Sun causes water to evaporate from oceans, lakes and streams. Evaporation occurs when liquid water on Earth’s surface turns into water vapor in our atmosphere.

2. Water from plants and trees also enters the atmosphere. This is called TRANSPIRATION.

Warm water vapor rises up through Earth’s atmosphere. As the water vapor rises higher and higher, the cool air of the atmosphere causes the water vapor to turn back into liquid water, creating clouds. This process is called CONDENSATION.

When a cloud becomes full of liquid water, it falls from the sky as rain or snow—also known as PRECIPITATION.

Rain and snow then fill lakes and streams, and the process starts all over again. (COLLECTION)

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