The water cycle

There are four main processes in the water cycle. Evaporation of liquid water creates water vapour in the atmosphere. Air containing water vapour rises, then cools down causing condensation which turns water vapour into droplets of water. Water droplets in clouds grow bigger and bigger until they fall from the clouds as wet weather called precipitation. Precipitation is then collected and stored in water bodies, or by vegetation, or soaks into the ground or down drains.