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Water Cycle

WESTMINSTER ADULT EDUCATION SERVICE

Created on November 4, 2024

A short course explaining the process of the water cycle

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Transcript

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THE WATER CYCLE

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STAGE ONE

EVAPORATION

  • As water droplets absorb energy from the Sun, their temperature increases, causing the water molecules to move faster.
  • Approximately 97% of the earths water is found in Oceans.
  • Energy from the sun causes water to from the surface of the sea.

EVAPORATE

  • Once water molecules gain enough energy to break free from the liquid, they escape into the air as vapor in a process called evaporation.

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STAGE 2

CONDENSATION

  • As the water vapor moves up into the air it begins to COOL DOWN.
  • As these cool down they turn back to water droplets
  • These water droplets come together to form.....

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CLOUDS

  • Water droplets from cooled vapor combine to form clouds.
  • However... As these droplets grow larger and heavier they will eventually fall from the cloud...
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STAGE 3

Precipation

  • Once again, as the water droplets absorb energy from the Sun, their temperature rises, causing the molecules to move faster.
  • Raindrops will return
  • When they gain enough energy, the molecules escape into the air as vapor through evaporation.
  • Too the ground!

AND THE WATER CYCLE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN...

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SUMMARY

STAGE 1 - EVAPORATION

STAGE 2 - CONDENSATION

STAGE 3 - Precipation

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Conclusion

Today we explored the three main stages of the water cycle...

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Where water absorbs energy from the Sun, turning into vapor and rising into the atmosphere.

Evaporation

Condensation

As the vapor cools, it condenses into tiny droplets, forming clouds.

Precepitation

As the vapor cools, it condenses into tiny droplets, forming clouds.

These processes continually recycle water, driving weather patterns and supporting life on Earth.

Stage 02 - Condensation

As water vapor rises into the atmosphere, it cools and loses energy. The water vapor then condenses, transforming back into tiny liquid droplets. These droplets cluster together, forming clouds.

Stage 01 - Evaporation

Water from oceans, lakes, and other surfaces absorbs energy from the Sun, causing the temperature of the water to increase. As a result, water molecules move faster and, when they have enough energy, transform from liquid into vapor, rising into the atmosphere.

Stage 03 - Precipitation

When water droplets in clouds become too heavy to remain suspended, they fall to the ground as precipitation. This can occur in various forms, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, returning water to Earth's surface to continue the water cycle.

Evaporation

Evaporation is the process by which liquid water transforms into a gas (water vapor). This happens when water molecules gain enough energy, usually from heat from the sun, to escape the surface of bodies of water like oceans, lakes, or rivers and enter the air as vapor.