34. 18 The Water Cycle

Question 1

Water Cycle

Answer 1

the easiest nutrient cycle

Question 2

Nutrient Cycle

Answer 2

generally starts as solar energy from sun and usually ends as heat energy

Question 3

How many MAIN steps are included in the water cycle

Answer 3

3

Question 4

What are the 3 MAIN steps of the water cycle

Answer 4

1) Water precipitates
2) Water evaporates into water vapor
3) Water vapor condenses back into liquid water

Question 5

What causes evaporation

Answer 5

solar heat

Question 6

There can be a net movement of water vapor by ____

Answer 6

wind

Question 7

What does water flowing from land to sea contain

Answer 7

silt

Question 8

silt

Answer 8

fine soil and particles such as fertilizers and pesticides

Question 9

What forms acid precipitation

Answer 9

airborne pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides

Question 10

What is another way that water becomes water vapor

Answer 10

transpiration

Question 11

transpiration

Answer 11

the evaporative loss of water from a plant

Question 12

Deforestation decreases ________ and thus the amount of water vapor in the air

Answer 12

transpiration

Question 13

Groundwater flows ____ than surface water

Answer 13

slower

Question 14

True or False
Groundwater remains in the ground

Answer 14

False it eventually returns back to the ocean

Question 15

Why do humans pump groundwater to the surface?

Answer 15

for irrigation

Question 16

Pumping groundwater to the surface can increase the rate of _____ and ______ groundwater supplies for the future

Answer 16

evaporation; deplete