The Sun heats water in rivers, lakes, and oceans. āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻ āύāĻĻā§, āĻšā§ā§°āĻĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Water changes into water vapour. This process is called evaporation. : āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāώā§āĻĒāϤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŖāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ evaporation (āĻŦāĻžāώā§āĻĒā§āĻā§ąāύ) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
The water vapour rises into the sky and cools. : āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāώā§āĻĒ āĻāĻāĻžāĻļāϞ⧠āĻāĻ ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
It forms tiny water droplets. This process is called condensation. : āĻ āϏ⧰⧠āϏ⧰⧠āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ condensation (āĻāύā§āĻā§ąāύ) āĻŦā§āϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
These droplets join together to form clouds. : āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§ā§° āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
When the clouds become heavy, water falls as rain (precipitation). :āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦā§ā§° āĻāϧā§ā§° āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦā§°āώā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻĒā§°ā§ (precipitation)āĨ¤
Key Point: Rain occurs because of evaporation and condensation in the water cycle. : āĻŦā§°āώā§āĻŖ āĻāϞāĻāĻā§āϰāϤ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻž evaporation āĻā§°ā§ condensation ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤