1. Why is it always raining?! A Look at the Water Cycle

2. Water is never new Water is recycled Rain water comes from water on the ground. How you ask? Because water is forever moving through a cycle!

3. Clouds form through condensation… Water evaporatesinto the air… And then it precipitates

4. What does the sun do in the water cycle?

5. Evaporation What happens to water as things dry?

6. The sun helped the waterevaporate out of this mud

7. Condensation We see condensation on the outside of cold glasses of water.

8. When water vapor becomes cold, it condenses into a cloud.

9. Clouds then precipitate…

10. Precipitation can be: Rain Sleet Snow Hail Freezing Rain

11. So how does water do it?

12. Water has special physical properties: It can be a: Gas Liquid Solid

13. The Water Cycle Song Water travels in a cycle, yes it does Water travels in a cycle, yes it does It goes up as evaporation Forms clouds as condensation Then comes down as precipitation, yes it does!

14. Works Cited Google Images http://helloworldbea.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/watervapor.jpg http://www.proteacher.org/a/12048_Water_Cycle_Song.html