Climate Change and the Water Cycle
12th Grade · Science · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can model the effects of climate change on the water cycle.
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The water cycle describes how water continuously moves from the ground to the atmosphere and back again, changing between solid, liquid, and gas states.
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Evaporation occurs when the sun heats water and turns it into water vapor, which then rises and cools, leading to condensation and the formation of clouds.
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Water returns to the Earth as precipitation, such as rain or snow, and may follow different paths, including becoming groundwater, part of a glacier, or being absorbed by plant roots for transpiration.
