The document summarizes the water cycle, which is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. The water cycle involves the processes of evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and collection in rivers, lakes, oceans, and groundwater. Water can transition between liquid, solid, and gas states as it moves through the cycle, which is driven by energy from the sun and gravity.

1. The Water Cycle

11. Precipitation : raindrops fall to the earth. This happens from the processes of evaporation and condensation -rain, snow, ice (are all forms of precipitation) Infiltration: where rain water soaks into the layers of the ground

12. Transpiration: the final process where plants absorb the water from the soil. Water then moves to the leaves of the plant and is then evaporated into the air [called transpiration]

13. Overview of the Water Cycle