1. The Water Cycle Essay
The water cycle is also known as the hydrologic cycle. The water
cycle describes the movement of water on, above and below the
surface of Earth. Water can change states through the stages of
the water cycle. Water can change from a solid to a liquid to water
vapor in various places of the water cycle. Water moves from one
lake to another, just like from an ocean to the atmosphere. Water
travels by different processes of evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, infiltration, runoff and subsurface flow. When these
processes occur water goes through different phases such as:
liquid, solid and gas.
Hydrologic cycle involves the exchange of heat energy, which
leads to temperature changes. The process of evaporation where
water takes up energy from the surroundings and cools the
environment, however in the process of condensation water
releases energy to its surroundings and warms the environment.
When water moves from one place to another, the water cycle
purifies water, replaces the Earth with fresh water and transports
minerals to different places on the Earth. The water cycle also is
involved with reshaping the Earths geological features of the
Earth through processes like erosion and sedimentation.
The water cycle has an influence on climate as well. The sun is
basically the motor to the water cycle. The sun heats oceans and
seas and water from the heated oceans and seas evaporates as
water vapor into the air. Ice and snow can sublimate right into
water vapor. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the
atmosphere where it condenses into clouds. Air currents move
water vapor and cloud particles collide, grow and fall from the sky

2. which is called precipitation. If precipitation gets cold enough it
falls as snow or hail and sleet. Most water accumulates back in
the ocean or onto land as rain, where the water flows over the
ground as surface runoff. Runoff and groundwater is stored in
freshwater lakes. A lot of runoff soaks deep into the ground and
fills up