1- Evaporation: Energy from the Sun causes water to become vapor and rise into the atmosphere.
2- Condensation: The water is cooled in the temperatures of the lower atmosphere, turning it from vapor into liquid water and collect into clouds.
3- Precipitation: The clouds become too heavy to remain in the sky, and it rains.
A basic definition of an ionic compound is that they are molecules that consist of charged ions. These ions have opposite (both negative and positive) charges. On the other hand, covalent compounds are non-metals which are bound together, and consist of two electrons that are shared between two atoms.
