Lesson 74 of 84 · Geography
⭐ 30 XP🗺️ Atlas OutpostThe Water Cycle
The water cycle is how water moves around our planet.
🎯 Your mission
Connect the place to the people.
⚡ The twist
Maps lie a little — they always have to.
Mind = Blown
🤯 Africa is bigger than China, India, the US, and most of Europe — combined.
Then & Now
🌍 The geography you'll learn is the same one your phone's GPS is using right now.
The water cycle is how water moves around our planet. It starts when the sun heats up water in rivers and lakes, turning it into vapor. This vapor rises and cools, forming clouds. Eventually, the clouds drop water as rain or snow back to the Earth, where it can start the cycle again!
Key Facts
The water cycle shows how water moves from Earth to the sky and back.
Water evaporates and becomes vapor in the sun.
Rain and snow are part of the water cycle.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2What starts the water cycle?
Why this still matters
Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find where everything in your fridge came from this week.
For the dinner table
“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”
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