Step 1:
Evaporation
vaporization; the process of water becoming vapor.
vaporization; the process of water becoming vapor.
Step 2:
Condensation
vapor cooling turning into tiny water droplets that attach to each other and form clouds.
vapor cooling turning into tiny water droplets that attach to each other and form clouds.
Step 3:
Precipitation
water falls from the clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
water falls from the clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
step 4:
Run off
when water stays on the earth's surface and flows into lakes, rivers, oceans, streams.
when water stays on the earth's surface and flows into lakes, rivers, oceans, streams.