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its called the Water Cycle??

Stage 1: Evaporation

Most of Earth’s water is in the ocean. When the Sun warms the water, some of it turns into the gas water vapor. This change is calledevaporation, and it’s how most water vapor gets into the air. Another way is from plants. Plants draw water from the ground through their roots. Some of the water is lost through the leaves in a process called transpiration. That water evaporates too. A third way for water vapor to get into the air takes place in very cold climates. Snow and ice can turn directly into water vapor in a process calledsublimation. The Sun’s heat fuels this process too. Where does all that water vapor go? It rises high into the atmosphere on aircurrents.

Stage 2: Condensation

We are surrounded by water vapor and even breathe it in. The amount of water vapor in the air is called humidity. We can’t see it because it’s an invisible gas, but you can feel humidity on warm, sticky days. As water vapor rises higher into the air, it cools off. When it gets cool enough, the vapor changes back into liquid water in a process called condensation. When you see a cloud, you are looking at a puffy collection of condensed water. If it’s cold enough close to the ground, fog forms. Fog is a ground-level cloud.

Stage 3: Precipitation

Moved around by the air, clouds gather more water. Very tiny water drops join other drops, eventually growing heavy enough to fall from the cloud. This is rain. Rain is a form of precipitation. Other forms aresnow, sleet, and hail. The rain brings the water back to Earth where it may end up on the ground or in an ocean or other body of water.

Stage 4: Collection

In this stage the water is collected or stored back on Earth. A lot of it ends up back in the ocean. Some falls on land in the form of rain or snow. If you’ve ever watched water run down a storm drain, you’ve seen runoff. That’s precipitation that flows over land. Rain on land may run into streams and rivers and find its way back to the ocean. Some will soak deep into the ground and gather in pockets of groundwater called aquifers. People who get their water from wells are tapping into an aquifer. A fancy word for large collections of water such as oceans or aquifers is reservoir. Earth’s largest reservoirs are the oceans, which hold 97 percent of all water.

(Source: shitshilarious)