Bio Final Podcast- VONG

The speaker discusses the importance of water and introduces the topic of the water cycle. They explain that water is essential for survival and daily activities like showering and washing dishes. They mention that a person can only survive a few days without water. The speaker then shares information from a textbook about the water cycle, including the different states of water and the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. They provide a simplified analogy of the water cycle using the concept of the sky getting sad and crying. The speaker emphasizes the importance of not taking water for granted and highlights the fact that only 3% of water on Earth is drinkable. They express gratitude for the water cycle and its ability to recycle water and provide fresh water for daily use. The speaker concludes by mentioning the role of the sun in the water cycle and hints at discussing the galaxy in future episodes. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to our weekly episode of Earthling Newsies. For this week's episode in particular, I would like to get into a very vast topic. It's, I want to say, it's a, it's something that we use every single day, and we need it to survive. And, if you have an idea of what it is, think about it. Alrighty, so, for today's topic, it's the water cycle. The water cycle is how reproduction of water works. That's a funny word. Um, like, I mean, water does not reproduce, not reproduction, but how this water recycles itself, and how we keep having fresh water in our lakes, and ponds, and rivers, and things, and showers, and so forth. And, water is a very important thing in our daily necessities, and daily lives in general. So, I would really like to talk about this topic today. I don't think, no, I know that everyone knows that water is very important and essential, because we need it to survive and live, and take showers, and do the dishes, and so forth. But, I don't think you guys have grasped the concept of how water is so important to us. It's something that we all know, but it's one of those topics that if you don't say it out loud, you don't realize how important it is, and we take it for granted. According to Medical News Today, they said that a person may only survive a few days without water. Various factors affect how much water they need. Like, if we go on, like, a few days without water, we will die. And, if we go a few days without showering, we will stink. And, if we go a few days without washing the dishes, we have nothing left to eat, except, nothing left to use to eat, except gross, disgusting, smelly plates. By telling all of you listeners, this is just me wanting to remind you of how important water is, and that being said, let's get into water cycle talk, shall we? Okay, so, I like reading. I love reading, actually. So, what I did was, I did a reading in this textbook called, Bio in 100, Basic Concepts and Biodiversity, and I read this little section about the water cycle, and this is what they said. The water cycle takes place on above and below Earth's surface. In the cycle, water occurs as water vapor, liquid water, and ice. Many processes are involved as water changes state in the cycle. The atmosphere is an exchange pool for water, ice masses, aquifers, and deep ocean or water reservoirs. What this quote means is that the water cycle takes place everywhere on Earth, either if it's below, on, or above the Earth. Like, in the atmosphere, there's water vapor, and we'll get into water vapor talk in a bit. Also, in the same textbook, I read that there are actually three states of water. I'm sure you're all aware of it. There's obviously gas, which is water vapor, liquid, which is water, and solid, which is ice. I love ice. Oh, and a little fun fact, or maybe it's a myth, but I heard that chewing on ice is actually really bad for your teeth, but I really like chewing on ice, or chewing ice, so I don't think that's a lie. All right, let's try to break down how the water cycle happens. So, basically, the water cycle is a global cycle, so it happens globally, everywhere, and anywhere. Okay, and so the water cycle is a lot of steps, and the textbooks help me read and understand the steps of the water cycle, so let me try to paraphrase it and break it down to simpler terms for all of everyone listening to our podcast today. So, the first thing that happens in the water cycle is that the heat of the sun heats up the water from oceans, rivers, and lakes, and even ponds and small puddles on the streets or something. And what it does is that it turns the water into vapor, which then rises into the sky, and this is known as water vapor. That whole process is called evaporation. I'm sure you all know what evaporation means. That's what, like, you know when you leave water on the table, and then, like, a couple days later, you come back, and, like, it's gone, like, the drop of water is gone because it evaporated. This is what happens because the water recycles itself. And then what happens is that the water vapor cools down, and it turns into tiny water droplets, and then these water droplets form gray clouds. This process is called condensation. After the process of condensation, what the cloud does is that when it gets too heavy with the water droplets, it releases the water back into the earth, either in forms of rain, snow, hail, or sleet, and this is through precipitation. And then the water that goes on the ground runs into, I don't know, they drop into the lake, the ocean, the river, and the process repeats, and that is the whole process of water cycle. Another way to put this is that what happens is the water gets lonely, so it develops wings, and it evaporates itself. It turns into an angel and rises up into the sky, but too many of them are rising up to the sky, so the sky gets sad, and it turns gray because it's sad, so it's dark. And then when too many water droplets are up there, and the sky gets super sad that there's too many people, it's way too overpopulated, the sky cries, and then the water falls back down when the sky cries because the sky is mad at the water. Sometimes the sky even yells at the water droplets through something called thunder. Anyways, I wanted to do some water cycle talk today because I wanted you guys to understand the importance of water intake and stop taking things for granted. I do not mean that in a harsh way because I personally have also been taking water for granted because it has always been an available resource to me. But, actually, according to National Geographic, they said that the ocean holds 97% of water on Earth. 97% of water is salted water from the ocean that cannot be drank, so only about 3% of water that we can drink. And that is like basically nothing, and that is crazy. I am so grateful for the water cycle to recycle the water and drain out fresh water for us to drink every single day and to use. Imagine if you had to use ocean salt water to clean your dishes. That would taste terrible on your food. Imagine if you had to use ocean water to take showers. Imagine how salty and sticky and gross you would feel after. That is actually insane, and I am so grateful for the water cycle to keep recycling these waters. I had always thought that water just disappeared when it evaporated, but no, I am grateful that it turns into water vapor and goes up into the sky and recycles itself. I think that is just a wonderful process about art and it is beautiful. Of course, this can only happen with the help of the sun. The sun is so beautiful, but it is also so dangerous because it is so hot and big and scary. But without the warmth of the sun, water wouldn't be able to turn into vapor and rise up into the sky. Sorry guys, I cannot speak for some reason. But without the sun, water would not be able to rise up into the air and recycle water and drain fresh water for us. I think that is so wonderful and beautiful. Anywho, I think that is a wrap for our podcast today about water. And stay tuned for next week's episode. Maybe we will talk about the galaxy next time on Earthy Nursing. We like to break down science-y stuff because we like to learn new stuff. I know I learned something new today, and I hope that you did too. And if you didn't, then good for you, I am happy for you. But if you did, I am happy that we all got to learn something new. Maybe share some facts you learned today to your friends and family. And yeah, I think that is all. I thank you very much. I thank each and every one of you for supporting my podcast. And I love y'all. Bye guys, see you next time.