The formation of clouds and the return of water to Earth in a continuous cycle.
The water cycle
Horizontal and layered clouds stretched across the sky
Stratus clouds
Water from rain that flows into oceans and rivers.
Runoff
When water is heated by the sun and changes from a liquid into a gas
Evaporation
Puffy looking cloud, like a large cotton ball.
Cumulus cloud
The amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
A device used to measure temperature
Thermometer
When wait air cools down and changes into a liquid (inside clouds)
Condensation
These are made when wind blows across an area of water
Waves
Wispy and feathery looking clouds
Cirrus clouds
Where rainwater soaks and seeps into the ground and becomes ground water.
Infiltration
The process of evaporation through plant leaves.
Transpiration
When water or ice fall back to earth
Precipitation
Simply moving air caused by areas of high and low pressure.
Wind
the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
Weather