1. The Water Cycle
By: Mrs. Rios

2. What are clouds?
A cloud is a collection of tiny water drops or ice crystals in the air.
- Precipitation falls from the clouds. However not all clouds bring precipitation.
-There are different types of clouds.

3. Stratus clouds. - Status clouds are low, flat layers of clouds.
- They can be gray or white.
-They bring rain or snow.
Fog is a stratus cloud that forms near the ground.

4. Cirrus Clouds
- Cirrus clouds are white, thin clouds that form high above the ground.
-They are seen during fair weather, on a warm, sunny day.

5. Cumulus clouds - They are white, puffy clouds, with flat bottoms.
- You see them during fair weather.
-If they become dark, they may bring thunderstorms.

6. How do clouds form?
Evaporation: Water in clouds, and fog comes from the water in earth’s surface.
- The sun shines on the water, and water evaporates, or changes into gas.

7. Evaporation - The changing of a liquid to a gas.
-Water in gas form is called: water vapor.

8. Condensation: - When the water changes from gas to liquid.
- Water vapor rises into the air and cools down. Then it condenses and gathers around dust in the air.
- This is how clouds are formed.

9. What is the water cycle?
- Water moves from Earth’s surface into the atmosphere, and back again.
-There could be no water cycle without the sun.

10. Water evaporates:
- The sun’s energy heats water in lakes, rivers, oceans, streams, and land.
- water turns into water vapor.

11. Water condenses: - Water vapor rises and cools.
- water vapor turns into liquid water drops.
-Drops form clouds.

12. Water falls
- When enough water has condensed in clouds, water falls to the earth, as precipitation.

13. Water flows: -Some precipitation flows into lakes, rivers, and oceans.
- Some soaks into land and becomes underground water.

14. Severe weather: - Water cycles can produce severe weather.
-Example: Thunderstorms: a storm with thunder, lightning, heavy rains, strong winds, and even hail.

15. Tornadoes: - Storm with rotating winds that form over land.
- Looks like a big, tall tunnel.
-It damages most things in it’s path.

16. Hurricanes: - A large storm with strong winds and heavy rain.
- It forms over the ocean.
-When it moves over land, it’s winds, and rain damage property.

17. Blizzard:
- A storm with lots of snow, cold temperatures, and strong winds.
- Blizzards bury plants, cars, and buildings under snow.