How Does The Water Cycle Work? Explanation Writing

 Here is a piece of explanation writing I did in my own topic. Please give advice and some feed backs for next time.

 How Does The Water Cycle Work?

Have you ever wondered where water comes from? Have you ever thought where water disappears? Water is an essential part of life. Earth has a limited amount of water, however, it is continually recycled in a process called “the water cycle.” Here is how the water cycle works in a shorter way.

To begin with, there is something called precipitation. Precipitation is rain, hail, snow or sleet. Any kind of weather conditions where something is falling from the sky is precipitation. Precipitation occurs when lots of water has formed that the air cannot hold it any longer. The clouds get heavier and as a result water falls back to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Secondly, when water falls back to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet, it can fall back in the oceans, rivers, lakes or it might end up on land / ground. When it ends up on land / ground, it soaks into the Earth and enters the soil. The soil will absorb the water then it will be stored as groundwater. Groundwater is water that is held underground in the soil or in pores. This process is “Infiltration.” 

Thirdly, I think we all know what evaporation is! Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes, or oceans and turns it into vapour or steam . The vapour will then leave the river, lake, or ocean. It will then appear into the air quickly, not that real quick.

Lastly, the water vapour cools. The vapour will then be changed into liquid water. This leads to tiny water droplets being formed, then it leads into clouds forming but it takes a lot of tiny water droplets to form a cloud. However the clouds are unable to hold the water. This stage is called “Condensation.”

As we can see that the water cycle takes quite a long time. We also can see how many more steps there are in the water cycle. Let’s appreciate water while we have it.