The water cycle is the continuous movement of water on the
surface of the Earth. Its physical processes arranged in order involve:
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Infiltration, Runoff, and subsurface
flow. Following the evaporation stage is the process of condensation.
Condensation refers to the transformation of water vapor into liquid water
droplets in the air. When this happens, fog and clouds are formed on the
atmosphere of the Earth.
The water cycle may cause temperature and climate changes in
the environment because of the series of energy exchanges that occur during its
different stages. Aside from this, the cycle allows for the transportation of
liquid into different bodies of water around the world making it responsible
for maintaining most life and ecosystems in the planet. It also reshapes the
geological features of the Earth (e.g. erosion and sedimentation)
