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A-Level - Water Cycle Glossary: Flashcards

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What are some Examples Of Local Water Stores?

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1) Interception,
2) Vegetation Storage,
3) Surface Storage,
4) Soil Moisture,
5) Groundwater Storage,
6) River Channel.

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What is Interception?

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Raindrops being prevented from falling directly onto the ground, instead hitting the leaves from vegetation - short term store.

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What is Vegetation Storage?

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Moisture within vegetation at any one time.

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What is Surface Storage?

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Water stored in puddles, ponds, lakes etc - variable term store.

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What is Soil Moisture?

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Water stored in the soil which is utilised by plants - mid term store.

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What is Groundwater Storage?

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Water that is stored in the pore spaces of rock - long term store.

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What is River Channel?

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Water that is stored in a river - short term store.

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What are the Four Global Water Stores?

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1) Hydrosphere,
2) Lithosphere,
3) Cryosphere,
4) Atmosphere.

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What is the Hydrosphere?

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All the Earth’s water in the world: oceans, lakes, seas, rivers etc.

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What is the Lithosphere?

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Water stored in the crust and upper mantle as a liquid: all infiltrated soil, groundwater, surface water etc.

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What is the Cryosphere?

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The global water volume locked up within a frozen state as snow and ice.

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What is the Atmosphere?

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Water within the atmosphere in a gaseous state - water vapour.

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What are some Primary Water Processes?

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1) Precipitation,
2) Evaporation,
3) Transpiration,
4) Evapotranspiration,
5) Surface Runoff.

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What is Precipitation?

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Any water that falls to the surface of the Earth from the atmosphere.

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What is Convectional Precipitation?

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Solar radiation heating the air above the ground, causing it to rise, cool, and condense forming precipitation.

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What is Frontal Precipitation?

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Where air masses of different temperatures meet at a front, one mass will be forced over another, causing precipitation beneath the front.

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What is Relief Precipitation?

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Precipitation caused when air masses are forced to rise over high land, determined by the relief / morphology of the land.

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What is Depression?

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A system of low pressure, with front of precipitation where low and high pressure air masses meet.

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What is Evaporation?

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The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapour.

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What is Transpiration?

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The process by which water evaporates through the stomata in a plants leaves.

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What is Evapotranspiration?

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The combined total moisture transferred from the Earth to the atmosphere, through evaporation and transpiration.

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What is Condensation?

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The process by which water vapour in the air is changed in liquid water - as it loses energy to the surroundings.

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What is Surface Runoff?

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Water flowing over the surface of the ground after precipitation or snowmelt.

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What are some Examples of Water Flows?

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1) Infiltration,
2) Overland Flow,
3) Throughflow,
4) Percolation,
5) Stem Flow,
6) Base Flow,
7) Streamflow,
8) Groundwater Flow,
9) Channel Flow,
10) Surface Runoff.

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What is Infiltration?

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The movement of water vertically through the pores in the soil.

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What is Infiltration Capacity?

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How quickly the infiltration occurs.

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What is Overland Flow?

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When the rate of precipitation is greater than the infiltration capacity.

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What is Throughflow?

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Water moving horizontally through the soil due to gravity.

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What is Percolation?

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Water moving vertically from the soil into permeable rock.

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What is Stem Flow?

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The flow of water that has been intercepted by plants or trees, down a stem, leaf, or branch.

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What is Base Flow?

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The level of groundwater flow.

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What is Stream Flow?

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Water that moves through established channels at a high rate.

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What is Groundwater Flow?

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Water moving horizontally through permeable or porous rock due to gravity.

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What is Channel Flow?

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Water flowing in a rivulet or river.

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What are some Examples of Cryospheric Processes?

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1) Sublimation,
2) De-sublimation,
3) Accumulation,
4) Ablation,
5) Snow Melt.

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What is Sublimation?

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The conversion between the solid and gaseous phases of matter, with no intermediate stage.

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What is De-Sublimation?

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The opposite where water vapour changes directly into ice.

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What is Accumulation?

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The increase of water stored as ice in the cryosphere.

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What is Ablation?

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The decrease of water stored as ice as it goes into the hydrosphere.

40
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What is Snow Melt?

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Creates runoff which is a major component of the global movement of water.

41
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What is the Water Budget?

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The annual balance between inputs and outputs within a system.

42
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What is Water Conservation?

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Strategies used to reduce water usage and demand.

43
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What is Water Recycling?

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The treatment and purification of waste water to increase supply.

44
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What is Water Scarcity?

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Limited renewable water sources.

45
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What is Water Security?

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The ability to protect and access a sustainable source to adequately meet demand.

46
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What is the Water Sharing Treaty?

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International agreements for transboundary sources.

47
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What is Water Transfer?

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Hard engineering projects such as pipelines or aqueducts that divert water between basins to meet demand.

48
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What is the Water Shed?

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The boundary between neighbouring drainage basins.

49
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What is Physical Water Scarcity?

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A physical lack of available freshwater which cannot meet the required demand.

50
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What is Economic Water Scarcity?

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When water resources are available but insufficient economic wealth limits access to it.

51
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What is a Drought?

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An extended period of deficient rainfall relative to the statistical average for the region.

52
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What is a Meteorological Drought?

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When long-term precipitation trends are below average.

53
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What is Salinisation?

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Where salt water contaminates freshwater stores or soils, creating saline conditions and reducing human use and consumption.

54
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What are Desalinisation Plants?

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The conversion of seawater into freshwater suitable for human consumption.

55
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What is Saltwater Encroachment?

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The movement of saltwater into freshwater aquifers or soils. Potentially from sea level rises.

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What is Thermohaline Circulation?

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The movement of volumes of seawater from cold deep water to warm water surface water.

A-Level Physical Geography - Earth's Water Cycle: (6 decks)

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