How the Water Cycle Works

How the Water Cycle Works

I am learning to inform my audience through an explanation

By Seihara

Have you ever wondered when you were drinking a glass of water if a dinosaur may have stepped in it? I am guessing you probably did not realise that water is recycled and all the water that is on earth has always been here, therefore a dinosaur could have come into contact with the very glass of water you just drank. The water cycle is a continuous cycle that repeats a number of steps to complete the cycle. If you put water in a closed container and placed it in the sun or add a heat source, you will see the fascinating water cycle. The water cycle repeats three main steps, evaporation, condensation and precipitation. These three steps give us the water we drink every day, the water that you drink could have been in this cycle for years and years. It all begins with the first step, evaporation.

Evaporation: Evaporation is when it is a nice hot day and these little micro droplets change their form from water into water vapour. The water droplets are so small it is physically impossible to see their appearance. Water vapour is water forming a type of gas. This gas is also known as water vapour. It is invisible, unlike other forms which are just clear. Water vapor is very light, so light that it can float in the air. The higher it goes the colder it gets and when the water vapor goes that high, it forms into a little cloud. Therefore leading us to condensation.

Condensation: Condensation is the process of the gas forming into a liquid. When that has happened the water that used to be gas are forming together to get bigger and bigger. Its inflated all the way so the next part has something to do,and the cloud still has the water stored in it so when the cloud gets big enough, that brings us to the next part, precipitation.

Precipitation: Precipitation is when it is a rainy day and you are forced to stay inside so you do not dirty your clothes mum told you to keep clean. When the water drops fall down out of the clouds, it can fall down as rain, sleet, snow or hail. This happens because the capacity of the cloud is limited and is like a balloon popping! And all the water is stored in it so the water all pops out.



Every bit of the cycle makes a big difference. Each part of the water cycle depends on each other. Without evaporation there would be no clouds in the first place? Therefore the water cycle could not continue on to the next stage. Water is something we all need to have in order to live. There are a lot more interesting things around us that we do not notice everyday and are very helpful but underappreciated, but that is a topic for someone else to discover. I bet now you’ll be thinking about this cycle next time you take a drink.