
The first book I read was called Inside the Water Cycle. The first thing I learned was that even after the rain stops, it is still existing somewhere else in the world. The place it is located is "somewhere within the water cycle." Cycles are a path or process, that goes on forever, never ending. The first step of the water cycle, is called infiltration. Infiltration is where water on the surface enters the soil. After infiltration, the water gets put in a bigger source of water( this happens by the water passing through the dirt. The clouds evaporate the water from the bigger source of water, bringing it to the sky. Next, the clouds store the water in the atmosphere. Then, it rains again! The same thing happens over and over again. Once the water falls from the sky, it is going to start all over again with the water cycle. As the water passes through the water cycle, water can turn into a gas, a steam, ice, or a vapor. It will always stay water. Water is 70% of Earth's surface. So that makes evaporation is pretty easy. When a liquid is warm enough, it can become a gas, which allows it to evaporate. At first you would think, well how can water be heated in oceans and other big sources of water, when we aren't doing anything? Well luckily, the water is heated by the sun. Once the water is heated, it goes up into the sky, ready for the next process of the water cycle. As the water is rising up to the sky as a gas, it slowly loses it's heat, and turns back into a liquid. This step of the water cycle is called condensation. The molecules of the water start to stick together to create drop-like shapes. When there are enough of these drops close together, to us, they look like clouds.
Something surprising that I learned in this book, was that is more than one type of cloud. Here are the examples the book gave me: Cirrus, Altostratus, Stratus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulus. I thought this was strange, because I only know one cloud. At least I thought I did. Clouds appear in different shapes because of the change in atmospheric pressure.
Something surprising that I learned in this book, was that is more than one type of cloud. Here are the examples the book gave me: Cirrus, Altostratus, Stratus, Cumulonimbus, Cumulus. I thought this was strange, because I only know one cloud. At least I thought I did. Clouds appear in different shapes because of the change in atmospheric pressure.