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The Water Cycle

How Does The Water Cycle Work?

Water is useful for a lot of things such as drinking,washing clothes and much more. So has anyone wondered where it comes from? Imagine this. No water, no life... We are going to explain to you how the water cycle works.

Firstly, The water evaporates from the sea, rivers and lakes. Then the evaporated water becomes a gas that rises up until it forms clouds. That causes condensation, that forms the ice you see on your window in the morning.

Secondly, Transpiration is when the moisture accumulates on the vegetation and continues to rise up as a gas like evaporation. This takes the form of a cloud (condensation), also the plants drink the water from the frost that is caused by the condensation in the air around it.

Thirdly, when the clouds meet the cool air it causes the water in the cloud to get to heavy and as a result it causes the cloud to release the water (precipitation) which can result in rain, hail, sleet or snow. This can cause a lot of damage such as land slides, car crashes, flooding and trees to falling blocking roads.

When the rain falls it runs down the mountains. This is also known as surface runoff. This can accumulate in a stream and cause it to overflow and flood the surrounding area. Then after this the stream meets a river, it can enter either  a lake or go out to the ocean.

So now I hope you have a better understanding of the water cycle and its importance to life on earth. So next time you have a glass of water imagine how important it is for you and everyone else to understand the water cycle.

By Jacob Waterworth and John Woodnorth