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The Water Cycle

Cooling
Condensation
As moist air rises, it
cools. Water vapour
condenses back into
liquid water droplets.
This produces clouds.
Precipitation
Water droplets in clouds
get heavier, then fall as
rain, snow or hail.
Transpiration and Respiration
Water vapour is lost from water
plants and animals directly to vapour
the atmosphere.

Evaporation
The Sun
heats the
surface of
the Earth.
Surface Runoff Water
Water flows across the changes
surface of the ground. from a
Percolation
Water trickles through liquid into
gaps in soils and rocks. water
vapour.

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