How water travels through the four Earth systems as it moves through the water cycle?

Water travels through the four Earth systems—atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biOSphere—by cycling through processes like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and infiltration. In the atmosphere, water vapor forms clouds and falls as precipitation, replenishing surface water in the hydrosphere, such as rivers and oceans. It then infiltrates into the lithosphere, replenishing groundwater, or it is absorbed by plants in the biOSphere. These systems are interconnected, facilitating continuous movement and transformation of water throughout the water cycle.