Page 1, Water, the Never Ending Story..., Inspired by the Hooker Oak Elementary KMAC Kids

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Did you know that dinosaurs might have drunk the same water we drink today?

Living on the earth is like living in a terrarium. All the water on the earth has always been here.

The water that we have never goes away and new water is never created. You might say the water we use is recycled!

Water changes form as it moves through the water cycle. Scientists have learned that the water cycle (They call it the Hydrological Cycle.) helps to purify the water.

a graphic presenatation of the hydrological cycle

When the soil and air are polluted it is harder for the water to get clean.

Sometimes water takes on a liquid form. That's called precipitation. Rainwater falls to the earth and flows down to the rivers and streams.

Clouds with raindrops falling on the rivers

Sometimes when the air is very cold the rainwater becomes a solid and turns into ice and snow.

Water accumulates in lakes and oceans and even in underground aquifers.

As the sun shines on the water and warms it, a tiny invisible gas is formed. This part of the cycle is called evaporation.

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