1. Water Cycle -the recycling of water occurs throughout the world
-water is essential for life

2. Water Cycle
-evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, and runoff are important components of the water cycle
-evaporation (when water becomes a gas) occurs in the ocean, lakes, and other bodies of water

3. Water Cycle
-condensation occurs in the upper atmosphere where the gaseous water because a liquid again
-precipitation occurs when the liquid water gets dense enough and falls back to the surface of the Earth as rain or snow

4. Water Cycle
-runoff is the process by which water deposited over land gets routed back to bodies of water like lakes, oceans, and ground water

5. Water Cycle
-transpiration (which occurs in plants) and evaporation can send water on land back into the atmosphere

6. Ecology Cycles
How are the water cycle, nitrogen cycle, and carbon cycle similar and different to each other? Use the Venn diagram below to compare them:
Water Cycle
Nitrogen Cycle
Carbon Cycle