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evaporates clouds vapor atmosphere
heating heavy oceans lakes
droplets plants hail glaciers
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rain rivers streams

Evaporation
On a warm, __________________ day, water in a glass of water seems to slowly
disappear. This is because the energy from the sun is _______________ the water up
and turning the liquid water into water ______________. This process is called
___________________. When the water ________________, it becomes an invisible
gas in the _____________________. Evaporation takes places all over the earth, but
especially in the ________________ and ________________ where there is lots of
water.

Condensation
As the water vapor rises, it cools off and ______________________ into water
_________________. If the water vapor becomes extremely cold, it will form ice
________________ instead of water droplets. As the water droplets or ice crystals
grow bigger and more numerous, they form ___________________.

Precipitation
If water droplets or ice crystals become too _______________, they can’t stay in the
air. They _________________. Water droplets precipitate as ________________
and ice crystals precipitate as _________________. Sometimes, the rain freezes
before it hits the earth and precipitates as _________________.

Runoff
This precipitation gathers into ________________ and
_________________ that flow down to the lakes and oceans.
This is called __________________. Not all of the water
makes it back to the oceans and lakes right away. Some of it is
used by animals and ________________. Some is frozen into
___________________. Eventually, the animals and plants
breathe the water out and the glaciers melt, releasing the
water back into the water _______________.

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