How you ever wondered how it rains?
I will explain. Here is a picture of the water cycle.
The water cycle is how I will explain how it rains.
The first part of the water cycle is “evaporation” (ih-vap-uh-rey-shuhn). Evaporation is when water turns into a gas called water vapor.
This can happen in oceans, rivers, ponds, and even puddles!
As long it is a water source, evaporation can happen, but you can’t see it.
Fun Facts
1. The scientific name for evaporation is vaporization
2. The word comes from the Latin word “evaporare” (eh-vah-poh-RAH-reh) meaning “to disperse in vapor”
The second part of the water cycle is “condensation” (kon-den-sey-shuhn).
Condensation is when the water vapor rises into the sky cooling down. When it cools down, it turns back into water droplets. These water droplets turn into clouds.
This also happens really high in the sky and even if it was down below, you still would not see unless you have a microscope.
Fun Facts
1. “Condensation” does not have a scientific name. That means that condensation's real scientific name is also “condensation”
2. Condensation comes from a Latin word, “condensare” (kohn-den-SAH-reh) which means “to make dense”
Next is the third part which is called “precipitation” (pri-sip-i-tey-shuhn).
This means when the clouds get too heavy from the water droplets and let them fall to the ground. But precipitation can be hail, snow, or sleet (sleet is like hail but they are small pellets of ice).
Fun Facts
1. Like condensation, precipitation does not have a scientific name. The only scientific name it has is itself.
2. Precipitation, like evaporation and condensation, also comes from a Latin word, “praecipitatio” (prye-sip-i-tah-tee-oh) which means “falling or throwing down”
The “last” part of the water cycle is “transpiration” (trans-puh-rey-shun). Transpiration is when plants release water droplets (also known as dew) to keep themselves nice and cool.
Then, the water from the leaves of the plant gets evaporated, and the whole water cycle starts all over again.