firstly,let us get started from the ocean.when the sun rays, the heat of the sun breaks the force of attraction between the particles. then water turns into water vapour and rises up to the atmosphere. when the water vapour cooled it becomes small water droplets which form clouds. when the wind blows the clouds together, the water droplets accumulated in the clouds make the clouds heavy. then when the clouds are no longer able to hold the large amount of water droplets, they will fall as rain. and the rain falls into the ocean again.this is a water cycle^^
2007-09-07 04:43:40
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answered by S2marbles 2
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This cycle is made up of:
1) evaporation (and transpiration)
2) condensation
3) precipitation
4) collection
Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and turns it into vapor or steam. The water vapor or steam leaves the river, lake or ocean and goes into the air.
Water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming clouds. This is called condensation.
(Pour a glass of cold water on a hot day, water forms on the outside of the glass.)
Precipitation occurs when so much water has condensed that the air cannot hold it anymore. The clouds get heavy and water falls back to the earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land that will either soak into the earth and become part of “ground water” that plants and animals use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers where the cycle starts all over again.
2007-09-07 04:41:51
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answered by Anonymous
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The Water Cycle.
This cycle is made up of a few main parts:
1. evaporation (and transpiration)
2. condensation
3. precipitation
4. collection
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The Sun's heat provides energy to evaporate water from the Earth's surface oceans, lakes, rivers, swamps, you know... Plants also lose water to the air (called transpiration). The water vapor condenses as it cools, forming tiny droplets that make up clouds. When the clouds meet cool air over land, precipitation (rain, sleet, or snow) starts up, and water returns to the land (or sea). Some of the precipitation soaks into the ground and leaks into the sandwiches of rock and clay. This is called groundwater. But most of the water flows downhill as runoff (collecting minerals and what not), eventually returning to the seas as slightly salty water.
2007-09-07 04:35:07
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answered by whywoulditell_you 3
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You are talking about the Hydrologic Cycle.
1. Water is evaporated from the oceans or smaller bodies of water, or it can be evapotranspirated from plants.
2. Water vapor then condenses as it rises in the atmosphere to become clouds. Eventually the water droplets become large enough to fall as rain, hail, or snow.
3. Upon reaching the ground the water can either run off in streams or percolate into the ground to reach aquifers.
4. Finally the water once again reaches the oceans.
This is a simplified description, but it provides a general view of the Hydrologic Cycle.
2007-09-07 04:51:29
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answered by ilikeemd 2
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1 evaporates from ocean
2 travels as water vapor over land
3 enters soil as rain
4 returns to ocean through rivers.
It also returns to the ocean and to the atmosphere in other ways. Plants take it up and it evaporates from their leaves, for one. It also rains over the ocean.
The actual percentages of water in the ocean as opposed to elsewhere? sounds like an easy research question for wikipedia or google.
2007-09-07 04:35:21
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answered by chocolahoma 7
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Here is one of almost 23 MILLION web pages devoted to the Water Cycle.
All done with a few seconds of something called "Research"...
Yes, that was sarcasm.
As for water being recycled...since it is always part of the Water Cycle, it never is "recycled."
Have a nice day!
2007-09-07 04:41:33
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answered by jcurrieii 7
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1. water is evaporated
2. water becomes vapor it turned into gas as clouds
3. rain
4. rain falls on rivers,seas,oceans also in dams
5.water is evaporated again
2007-09-07 04:36:27
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answered by Anonymous
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