Now it’s time to explore our own planet’s water cycle. As we’ve learned through Bong’s adventure on the Tiny Planet of Nature, the water cycle involves evaporation, condensation and, last but not least, rain.

On Earth, water evaporates from all kinds of bodies of water including lakes, rivers, seas, oceans, puddles and anyplace else that water collects.  When the sun heats the water up it turns into vapor and floats invisibly towards the sky.

Up in the sky, the temperature cools down and so does the water vapor. When this happens the water vapor turns back into a liquid and sticks together. This is called  condensation.  This condensed water forms clouds. Continue reading →