what are the five steps of the water cycle
The funny thing is that the water that falls from the sky as rain today, might have fallen last week, last month, last year or thousands of years ago. It is the greatest recycler of all time! There are four main stages in the water cycle. They are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. Let's look at each of these stages. Evaporation: This is when warmth from the sun causes water from oceans, lakes, streams, ice and soils to rise into the air and turn into water vapour (gas).