{"id":1827,"date":"2020-10-18T00:05:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T00:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=1827"},"modified":"2021-12-12T23:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T23:12:53","slug":"the-water-cycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-water-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"A great definition of the Water Cycle with quality illustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1827\" class=\"elementor elementor-1827\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-396b4d4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"396b4d4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d120147\" data-id=\"d120147\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-922520f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"922520f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0542988\" data-id=\"0542988\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dbe921 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9dbe921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The Water Cycle<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0e88e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"ef0e88e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-water-cycle-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1864 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/the-water-cycle\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">The Water Cycle<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1863 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/evaporation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Evaporation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1862 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/condensation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Condensation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1861 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/precipitation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Precipitation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1919 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-precipitation\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of Precipitation<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1860 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/transpiration\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Transpiration<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1859 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/runoff\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Runoff<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1858 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/infiltration\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Infiltration<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-1857 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/hard-and-soft-water\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Hard and soft water<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f844fb1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f844fb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35c29e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"e35c29e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c23c12\" data-id=\"8c23c12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707d3e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"707d3e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is the Water Cycle?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a75112 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a75112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The water cycle is simply the complete journey that water makes in its life, from one place to another and from one state to the other. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the word&nbsp;<b>cycle<\/b>&nbsp;suggests, there is no starting point. That means that we can begin at any point on its journey and follow its path until it gets to where we started again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Where does water come from, and where does all the rainwater end up? What about the melting snow? Why is it not filling up the lakes and lagoons and even the seas? How did the snow and rainwater find its way up in the sky in the first place? Today we will learn a bit more about what happens to water in all the various places on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let us see the cycle and stages in this diagram:<br><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1898\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1898\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/diagram-of-the-water-cycle.jpg\" alt=\"The water cycle\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/diagram-of-the-water-cycle.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/diagram-of-the-water-cycle-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The water cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Stage 1: Evaporation and transpiration<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let us begin with the oceans and large water bodies. The large surface area absorbs the sun&#8217;s energy (heat), warming their surfaces. As the water heats up, it evaporates (turns from liquid to vapor). In addition to that, green plants (forests and all vegetation cover) also release moisture into the air in a process called transpiration. Rising air currents, resulting from unequal air pressure, lift the vapor high into the atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Stage 2: Condensation<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Up there, cooler temperatures cause the vapor to condense (water vapor turning back into liquid). Winds and air masses move the moisture around a bit, forming clouds. With time, they become heavier with water. That develops into rain-bearing clouds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Stage 3: Precipitation<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The water now comes down from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet, and hail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Stage 4: Runoff and Infiltration<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As the rainwater falls to the ground, they find their way on the ground surface into puddles, streams, and rivers. That occurs by the natural force of gravity, aided by slopes and gullies on sloping surfaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Besides runoff, water is absorbed into the soil in a process called infiltration. The absorbed water may even go deeper and replenish aquifers and other water pockets that exist naturally below the surface of the earth. That is known as percolation. Sometimes water in the ground moves up to the surfaces and can evaporate or runoff again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So where does the runoff end up \u2014 in the seas and oceans and water bodies where we started. This picture is what is known as the water cycle. 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The water cycle is simply the complete journey that water makes in its life, from one place to another and from one state to the other. 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