2 Water is all around us on land in oceans and throughout

Last updated: 4/5/2023

2 Water is all around us on land in oceans and throughout the atmosphere Water is constantly moving and changing in a process called the water cycle 3 The water cycle begins with the sun Most of Earth s surface water is in oceans and lakes The sun warms this water and turns it into a gas called water vapor which rises into the air This is called evaporation These drops stick together to form clouds Eventually the clouds become too full of water and the water falls back to Earth as rain snow or ice Back on Earth some water soaks into the ground Some piles up as snow and may become part of glaciers or Ice sheets Lots of water ends up in streams Those streams eventually become rivers which flow into lakes and oceans From there the water evaporates into the sky again and the water cycle starts all over How are paragraphs 2 and 3 organized 1 The paragraphs compare the water cycle with evaporation 2 The paragraphs explain how the water cycle affects the clouds 3 The paragraphs describe the order of events in the water cycle O 4 The paragraphs identify reasons why the water cycle is important