1. The water cycle

2. Hi, I’m Ricky the Raindrop and I’m going to teach you about the water cycle! Planet Earth has a limited amount of water. The water on Earth goes around and around in something called ‘The Water Cycle.’ The Water Cycle is made up of a few main parts: evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation and collection.
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3. Got it? Let’s see what’s next!
Transpiration
Water leaves plants through the leaves, similar to how people sweat! This is known as transpiration.
Evaporation
Evaporation happens whens the sun heats up water in rivers, lakes and oceans, changing it to vapor, or steam. The water leaves the body of water and goes into the air.
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4. Condensation
The water vapor that evaporates gets cold in the air and turns back to liquid. These droplets form clouds and this is known as condensation.

5. Precipitation Collection
When too much water condenses, the air cannot hold it anymore. Clouds get heavy and water falls back to the Earth. It can be in the form of rain, snow, hail and sleet.
Collection
When water falls back to the earth, it soaks into the ground so plants and animals can drink it. It also falls back into lakes, rivers and oceans.

6. Condensation
Transpiration
Evaporation
Precipitation
The cycle continues!
Collection

7. Can you find 3 parts of the water cycle in this picture
Can you find 3 parts of the water cycle in this picture? After you find them all, go on to the next page!

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Great! Is this an example of __________?
A. Evaporation
B. Transpiration
C. Condensation

9. Good job! What is this an example of?
A. Precipitation
B. Condensation
C. Evaporation
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Excellent! This is an example of _________.
A. Collection
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation

11. There are 3 parts of the water cycle in this picture!

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That’s right! What stage does this image show?
A. Transpiration
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation

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Good job! What stage is shown here?
A. Evaporation
B. Collection
C. Condensation

14. Great! What do you see here?
A. Transpiration
B. Evaporation
C. Collection
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15. There is 1 stage of The Water Cycle in this picture!

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Awesome! What is this an example of?
A. Precipitation
B. Collection
C. Condensation

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This shows transpiration!
CORRECT!

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Oops, go back and try a different answer!

19. CORRECT!
Although not in the sky, this is an example of condensation! The water vapor in the air changes to water droplets when it touches the cold glass!
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20. This is a tough one! Give it another try!
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21. CORRECT!
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Evaporation is correct! The sun heats up this puddle, causing the water to evaporate into the air. This is why puddles come and go!

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Uh-oh, why don’t you take another look?

23. Back
CORRECT!
Fantastic!

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Let’s try that again!

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Right, condensation! The cooling water vapor forms clouds in the sky!
CORRECT!

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Hmm, how about we try again?

27. Correct! Imagine all the evaporation from the oceans!
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28. Let’s take another look!
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29. Next
CORRECT!
Wow, you’re good at this!

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Whoops! Try again

31. Condensation
Transpiration
Precipitation
Evaporation
Now you know how the water cycle works! Thanks for exploring with me!
Collection

32. Works cited