Water+Cycle

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The water cycle begins when ocean water evaporates and when the vapor cools creating a cloud. This is called condensation. When a cloud goes over high mountains it soon falls as rain. This process is called precipitation. Some rain will fall in creeks and rivers. Some plants catch the water that falls out of the clouds. When the warmer seasons arrive these plants then releases the water slowly into the ground. This is called infiltration. That is why some rivers and lakes run all year. A lot of the water returns to the ocean when the ground releases the water back into the streams. This procces is called precipitation.The stream leads the water back to the ocean where the water cycle begins again.
 * The Water Cycle**

media type="file" key="ocean water cycle.mov" width="351" height="351" align="right"I'm standing on a beach and I see evaporation start happening then I see the cloud start moving and then cloud starts to get bigger and darker and starts raining it is getting windy. I said to my friend that I think the [|hydrologic cycle] was happening I told him it was evaporating then the cloud started getting darker then it started getting bigger then precipitation started next run-off then percolation. [|Evaporation] is when water starts turning in to a gas. Condensation is when the cloud is getting to full and is starting to drizzle. [|Precipitation] is when it starts to rain. Then [|run-off] is when it is starting to go down hills in to the river or ocean. [|Percolation] is when the ground starts to clean out the water during to run-off.
 * THE WATER CYCLE**



Some of the water that you are drink may have fallen from the sky. The scientific name for the water cycle is the hydrologic cycle. The first step of the water cycle is Accumulation. Accumulation i s when the body collects water from the clouds and runs down hills. Evaporation is when the sun heats up the water. Bodies of water turns into vapor or steam. After Evaporation is when condensation occurs. Condensation is when the air gets cold and turns into clouds. After condensation ends, precipitation begins. Precipitation is when the clouds holds too much water and it begins to rain. Then collection takes place. Collection is when the water cycle starts over.
 * The Water Cycle**