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The Water Cycle

Understanding the Water Cycle – I

The Water Cycle 

Add arrows to show the direction of water movement and either write the letters A-J onto the diagram or cut and paste these notes to show the different parts of the water cycle.

A. Water evaporates from the surface of the sea as pure water vapour

B. Water vapour forms clouds

C. Clouds are blown across the land

D. As the clouds rise up over the hills they are cooled

E. As the clouds cool the water vapour in them condenses

F. Condensed water precipitates as rain, sleet or snow

G. Water flows down-hill in streams which join up to make rivers

H. Rivers flow down-hill and transport the water to the sea

I. Material eroding from one bank deposits on the other bank forming large bends

J. Some water percolates through the land until it reaches the bedrock

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