Question

write a paragraph that describes the path that one drop of water takes as it moves through the water cycle. in your paragraph, include at least two changes in the form of water.

Explanation:

This paragraph traces a water drop's cycle, including two phase changes: liquid to gas (evaporation) and gas to liquid (condensation), plus a potential solid phase (snow) as an additional form change. It follows the natural sequence of the hydrologic cycle with clear, connected steps.

Answer:

A single drop of water begins its journey in the liquid form, resting in the surface of a mountain lake; as sunlight warms the lake, the drop absorbs energy and undergoes evaporation, changing from a liquid to an invisible gaseous water vapor that rises into the atmosphere. As the vapor drifts higher into cooler air, it cools and condenses, transitioning back into liquid water droplets that cluster together to form a puffy cumulus cloud. When the cloud becomes too heavy with condensed droplets, the drop falls back to Earth as liquid rain, landing on a snow-capped mountain slope where it freezes into solid ice, remaining locked in the snowpack until spring warmth melts it back into liquid runoff, which flows down the mountain and eventually returns to the lake to restart the cycle.