Most science resources focus on four main steps of the water cycle—evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection—but some resources get more granular.Here’s a breakdown:1. Evaporation - Heat from the sun (or another source) comes into contact with water. The heat excites the molecules of water, spreading them out; as a result, the water loses density and evaporates, rising into the air as vapor. This can happen at any temperature between water’s freezing and boiling point, but it occurs quickest as water approaches its boiling point of around 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit). If humidity and air pressure are low, the molecules need less energy to evaporate, since there’s substantially less pressure holding the molecules together in the first place. Processes similar