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If it goes deep enough, it recharges groundwater, which can later seep into rivers and lakes or surface as springs.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},613819,1792667197,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":29,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":8,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":81,"preview_page_count":4},962090895452,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_a8503ba1806abce46bf441b54a3ca4cd","The heat of the sun provides energy to make the water cycle work.  \nThe sun evaporates water from the oceans into water vapor.  \nThis invisible vapor rises into the atmosphere, where the air is colder.  \nThe water vapor condenses into clouds .  \nVolcanoes emit steam, which forms clouds .  \nAir currents move clouds all around the Earth.  \nWater drops form in clouds, and the drops then fall to Earth as precipitation (rain and snow).  \nIn cold climates, precipitation builds up as snow, ice, and glaciers .  \nSnow can melt and become runoff, which flows into rivers, the oceans, and into the ground.  \nSUBLIMATION  \nICE AND SNOW  \nPRECIPITATION  \nVOLCANIC  \nSTEAM  \nSNOWMELT  \nRUNOFF  \nRIVERS FOG AND DEW  \nSTREAMFLOW  \nSPRING RUNOFF  \nINFILTRATION  \nRECHARGE  \nLAKES  \nSEEPAGE  \nYou may think that every drop of rain that falls from the sky, or each glass of water that you drink is brand new, but in fact it has always been here and is a constant part of The Water Cycle!  \nTHE ATMOSPHERE CONDENSATION  \nThe Water Cycle  \nEVAPOTRANSPIRATION  \nEVAPORATION  \nRUNOFF  \nEVAPOTRANSPIRATION  \nTHE OCEANS  \nPLANT  \nUPTAKE  \nGROUNDWATER FLOW  \nRainfall on land flows downhill as runoff, providing water to lakes, rivers, and the oceans .  \nSome rain soaks into the ground, as infiltration, and if deep enough, recharges groundwater.  \nWater from  \nlakes and rivers can also seep into the ground.  \nWater moves underground because of gravity and pressure.  \nGroundwater close to the land surface is taken up by plants .  \nSome groundwater seeps into rivers and lakes, and can flow to the surface as springs .  \nPlants take up groundwater and evapotranspire, or evaporate, it from their leaves .  \nSome groundwater goes very deep into the ground and stays there for along time.  \nSome ice evaporates directly into the air, skipping the melting phase (sublimation).  \nGROUNDWATER STORAGE  \nU.S. Department of the Interior  \nU.S. Geological Survey  \nStefanie Neno, Jim Morgan, Gabriele Zanolli, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  \nHoward Perlman, Gerard Gonthier, U.S. Geological Survey  \nGeneral Information Product 14 6  \n[http: / /ga.water. usgs.gov /edu /watercycle-kids.html](http: / /ga.water. usgs.gov /edu /watercycle-kids.html)  \nGroundwater flows into the oceans, keeping the water cycle going.","cbCair8tPjWB9jTV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair8tPjWB9jTV","pdf",1949478,"English","# The Water Cycle\n## Evaporation, Condensation, and Clouds\n## Precipitation, Snow, and Runoff\n## Infiltration, Groundwater, and Recharge\n## Plant Uptake and Evapotranspiration\n## Sublimation and Long-Term Storage","[{\"question\":\"What role does the sun play in the water cycle?\",\"answer\":\"The sun provides energy that drives evaporation, sending water from oceans into the atmosphere as water vapor.\"},{\"question\":\"How does precipitation return water to land and bodies of water?\",\"answer\":\"Condensed vapor forms clouds, and water drops fall as precipitation (rain and snow). 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