A L I M E G A H E D 8 C

JOURNEY OF A WATER DROP

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THE WHITE PUFFS IN THE SKY

• Clouds are made of water in a state that is slightly more condensed than water vapor.• There are many different types of clouds formed

in slightly different ways and at different altitudes but all clouds store H20. • Clouds are formed through evaporation

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RAIN, SNOW, FOG, AND HAIL.

• Precipitation is the general term that refers to these 4 words, there are more specific types such as “freezing mist” and “snow pellets”.• Precipitation can fall onto bodies of water or land.• Frozen types of precipitation eventually melt

whether it is over land or water.

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ON WATER

• Precipitation that falls into freshwater rivers will simply melt if frozen and flow into the sea.• Precipitation that lands on snow (which is

technically water) would flow with the snowmelt runoff and into streams, which would reach lakes.

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ON LAND

• Frozen precipitation usually lands on mountain tops in cold areas.• When liquid rain falls onto fertile land (mud and

soil) it flows through gaps for plants to later on absorb through their roots.• Underground water reaches different bodies of

water through infiltration.• Over ground water does the same through

waterfalls and surface runoff.

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GOING UP AGAIN

• Evaporation happens everywhere.• Water can be evaporated from bodies of water

such as lakes, rivers, and oceans.• It can also be evaporated from the leaves of

plants or from the soil• H20 can be evaporated into vapor from anywhere

the sun shines.• Condensation occurs afterThe vapor is cooled by theWind.

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CONCLUSION

A water drop can travel for miles into different places. It can enter the soil, the sea, a lake, a stratus cloud, a cirrus cloud, and even into an animals excretion. It will be “cleansed” again through evaporation and fall through precipitation when the clouds get too heavy. The same drop of water can be in a glass that I would drink and end up as part of a hailstone. Matter cannot be created or destroyed so wherever a drop of water might go, it will never die.

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CITATIONS

• "Infiltration (hydrology)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.

• "PRECIPITATION TYPES." PRECIPITATION TYPES. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.

•  "Water Cycle." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Mar. 2013. Web. 20 Mar. 2013.