86 WATER AND ITS EVERYDAY USES 



Galloway 

 Is the sun really drawing water? Explain the picture after reading the text. 



water will come back to the earth from the atmosphere 

 in the form of snow and rain. This return of the water 

 makes the earth moist ; fills the rivers and ponds ; and 

 supplies animals and plants with the necessary water. 

 Evaporation then starts another cycle and the process is 

 continued. Thus there is on the earth a never-ending cycle 

 of water from solid or liquid to gas and back again from 

 gas to liquid or solid. This is the water cycle in nature. 

 Sometimes there are many tiny particles of moisture in 

 the air. They are too few to form a cloud but sufficient 

 to reflect and show rays of sunlight. This phenomenon 

 is responsible for the saying, "The sun is drawing water." 

 Clouds at a higher level often have "holes" in them and 

 sunshine passes through. If small particles of water or 

 dust are in the air lower down, the beams of light become 

 visible just as they do when shining into a dark attic or 

 barn chamber through a knot hole or other small opening. 



