Collection
Home Water Cycle: The Process Glossary Quiz
Collection is another step of the water cycle. When water falls back to earth surface, it may collect in oceans, lakes, or rivers. When water falls onto land, it can either soak into the ground and become ground water or evaporate and start the whole cycle over again.
Below is a slideshow demonstrating places where water is collected in nature. Before looking through the slideshow, can you guess where water is found on earth's surface? Did you know that 70 percent of earth's surface is ocean? Can you think of the name of at least one ocean?