The Hydrologic Cycle

Definition of hydrologic cycle. : the sequence of conditions through

which water passes from vapor in the atmosphere through precipitation upon
land or water surfaces and ultimately back into the atmosphere as a result of
evaporation and transpiration called hydrological cycle.
Our definition: the chronology of water turning into vapor, rising into the
atmosphere, turning into clouds, forming rain/snow.
Table of contents include: Rain, Snow, Ice Crystals, Sleet, and Hail!
Preet(my own words): The process of forming rain is really simple, but
interesting. First, the sun heats the ocean; radiant energy. Secondly, the ocean
water evaporates and rises into the air. Thirdly, the water vapor cools and

condenses, to become droplets, therefore forms clouds. In addition, if enough

water condenses, the drops become heavy enough to fall to the ground as
mainly rain, but sometimes snow(depends on the weather/temperature).
Lastly, the ground wells collect some of the rain, while the rest flows through
rivers back into the ocean. This explanation defined liquid(rain) and
gas(water vapor).
Preet(my own words): The process of rain forming into snow is an
addition to the first paragraph. The explanation ahead will define how gas
turns into a solid. Snow is created when water vapor(gas) is cooled so much
that it becomes snow or ice crystals(solid). Going straight from gas to solid is
called deposition, as the above example stated. There are other relativities of
snow such as sleet, hail, and ice crystals. This paragraph was reasonably
mostly written on snow. Sleet, hail, and ice crystals all have their own unique
way of how they are developed. So far what we have learned is that there are
multiple processes to get an result in science. Isn't it amazing that we went
from gas to liquid to solid. Each had its own speciality, didn't it?