In the very first chapter of the Bible water is mentioned. Genesis 1:2 describes “the earth… formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” Before anything else, water was the only thing existing on earth, validating its importance to the earth and mankind. Water is so important that it is referenced over 722 times in the Bible. All living creature’s depend on water to survive, since their mass is made up of 70-90% water. The continuous movement of water above and below the surface is the water cycle and is described in Job 36:27-28, when God “draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams, the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall
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The first phase of the water cycle is evaporation. Evaporation is the process by which particles escape from the surface of a non-boiling liquid and enter the gas state. The source of evaporation is rivers, lakes, and oceans, which cover about 75% of the earth’s surface. God’s word describes this in Jeremiah 51:16 “When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.” Since the beginning, this phenomenon had been part of God’s greater plan. This verse is a representation of how God created this movement of water to ensure his people were provided for. Water molecules in oceans, rivers and lakes have surface tension, this occurs when the molecules at the surface of the water are attracted to each other sideways and downwards causing them to stick together. When the sun begins to heat the water molecules, they begin to move faster and create a kinetic energy. This kinetic energy causes the molecules to separate and move away from each other, allowing them to break through the surface tension. As this happens evaporation occurs and the water molecules move away from the earth’s surface. After they rise into the atmosphere, the molecules lose their kinetic energy and are stored in the clouds until they return back to the earth as
The first phase of the water cycle is evaporation. Evaporation is the process by which particles escape from the surface of a non-boiling liquid and enter the gas state. The source of evaporation is rivers, lakes, and oceans, which cover about 75% of the earth’s surface. God’s word describes this in Jeremiah 51:16 “When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.” Since the beginning, this phenomenon had been part of God’s greater plan. This verse is a representation of how God created this movement of water to ensure his people were provided for. Water molecules in oceans, rivers and lakes have surface tension, this occurs when the molecules at the surface of the water are attracted to each other sideways and downwards causing them to stick together. When the sun begins to heat the water molecules, they begin to move faster and create a kinetic energy. This kinetic energy causes the molecules to separate and move away from each other, allowing them to break through the surface tension. As this happens evaporation occurs and the water molecules move away from the earth’s surface. After they rise into the atmosphere, the molecules lose their kinetic energy and are stored in the clouds until they return back to the earth as