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PACIFIC OCEAN
FACT:The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world’s oceans.
Hi, I'm Droplette!
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Mind if I catch
a ride?
Sure, surf’s up!
Wow...
FACT:As a result, excess water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets. This is the stage of the water cycle known as condensation.
I’m back home!
My cloud is over Michigan
GREAT LAKES
FACT:When clouds become too full of water, the drops fall down as liquid rain or solid snow. This is known as precipitation.
FACT:Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes, which make up 20% of the United States’ fresh water supply.
FACT:Pollution in the Great Lakes comes from Heavy Industry, Agriculture, and Individual People. Most pollution enters the Great lakes as runoff from smaller stream and rivers.
Yuck, this trash doesn't belong here!
FACT:Evaporation across the surface of lakes increases under windy conditions and when the water temperature is warmer than the air temperature.
ATLANTIC OCEAN
I’m getting carried
away in this cloud!
FACT:Clouds can hold millions of gallons of water.
Lake
Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
FACT:The Great Lakes are all connected to one another and form a chain connecting the East-central interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
I'm a drop
of water
Surf’s up!
FACT:Evaporation is the part of the water cycle in
which water reentering the atmospherechanges from a liquid to a gas.
It’s hot out!
I'm falling down toward the Pacific Ocean near California
The Atlantic Ocean
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My adventure is done!
I’m evaporating!
FACT:Evaporation is the part of the water cycle in
which water reentering the atmospherechanges from a liquid to a gas.
FACT:When warm air rises, it cools and loses its capacity to hold water vapor.
I'm high up in the clouds
It's cold up here!
FACT:The main source of pollution in the Great Lakes is from nonpoint sources (NPS) due to agricultural areas around the Great Lakes.
I'm being swept away by the current!
FACT:The higher in the sky it is, the colder the temperature is.
