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Science · Stage 5

The Water Cycle

The same water goes round and round forever — the Sun lifts it up, clouds cool it down, and the rain brings it back. Follow a single drop!

✦ Science📘 Stage 5 · S5⏱ ~12 min🧒 Ages 9–10★ Free to start
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Kavi Follows a Raindrop

Kavi watches the morning Sun ☀️ warm the sea until the water seems to vanish into the air. "It did not disappear — it evaporated into invisible water vapour," hoots Kavi. High up, the vapour meets cold air, cools, and condenses into billions of tiny droplets that build a cloud ☁️. The droplets grow heavy and fall as rain 🌧️, run into a river 🏞️, and drift back to the sea. "And now the Sun will lift it up again! The very same water has gone round and round for millions of years. Come and follow a drop all the way!"

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What your child will learn

1Four steps of the water cycleWater keeps travelling between the sea, the sky and the land in four big steps. Tap each one to learn its job.
2Follow one drop round the cycleStart at the sea and follow a single drop of water all the way round. It never stops — the end of one journey is the start of the next! Tap each stage. 🔁
3Evaporation, condensation or precipitation?Every one of these everyday sights is one step of the water cycle. Tap which step is happening.
4What will the water do?Use what you know about heat, cooling and the water cycle to predict, then tap to check! Tap Next test for more.
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A peek inside

A puddle on the playground slowly disappears on a sunny day, even though nobody mopped it up. Where did the water go, and what is this step of the water cycle called?
The Sun's heat turned the liquid water into invisible water vapour, which floated up into the air. Turning liquid water into vapour is evaporation.

Try this at home: What provides the heat energy that makes water evaporate from seas and land?

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