ALI MEGAHED 8C JOURNEY OF A WATER DROP

THE WHITE PUFFS IN THE SKY Clouds are made of water in a state that is slightly more condensed than water vapor. There are many different types of clouds formed in slightly different ways and at different altitudes but all clouds store H20. Clouds are formed through evaporation eo.ucar.edu

RAIN, SNOW, FOG, AND HAIL. Precipitation is the general term that refers to these 4 words, there are more specific types such as “freezing mist” and “snow pellets”. Precipitation can fall onto bodies of water or land. Frozen types of precipitation eventually melt whether it is over land or water.

ON WATER Precipitation that falls into freshwater rivers will simply melt if frozen and flow into the sea. Precipitation that lands on snow (which is technically water) would flow with the snowmelt runoff and into streams, which would reach lakes. ga.water.usgs.gov

ON LAND Frozen precipitation usually lands on mountain tops in cold areas. When liquid rain falls onto fertile land (mud and soil) it flows through gaps for plants to later on absorb through their roots. Underground water reaches different bodies of water through infiltration. Over ground water does the same through waterfalls and surface runoff.

GOING UP AGAIN Evaporation happens everywhere. Water can be evaporated from bodies of water such as lakes, rivers, and oceans. It can also be evaporated from the leaves of plants or from the soil H20 can be evaporated into vapor from anywhere the sun shines. Condensation occurs after The vapor is cooled by the Wind.

CONCLUSION A water drop can travel for miles into different places. It can enter the soil, the sea, a lake, a stratus cloud, a cirrus cloud, and even into an animals excretion. It will be “cleansed” again through evaporation and fall through precipitation when the clouds get too heavy. The same drop of water can be in a glass that I would drink and end up as part of a hailstone. Matter cannot be created or destroyed so wherever a drop of water might go, it will never die.

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