The continuous process by which water moves through living and nonliving parts of the environment is called the water cycle. There is no beginning or end.
Water seeps into the ground
This powers the water cycle
Water that is in the ground
occurs when water is given off by plants.
When water vapor cools off, it changes from a gas to a liquid.
occurs when water changes from the liquid to the gas state.
Animals that exhale also release water vapor into the atmosphere.
occurs when condensed water becomes too heavy to stay in the atmosphere, so it comes back down to the earth’s surface.
Water that moves over earths surface
The gathering of precipitation in one place
Precipitation
Accumulation
Runoff
evaporation
Condensation
The Water Cycle
Respiration
Infiltration
The sun
Groundwater
Transpiration