cycle

Question 1

Transpiration

Answer 1

• Water drawn from the soil by plants

- Then evaporated into the atmosphere from leaves and stems

Question 2

drainage basin

Answer 2

• an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries
• includes water found in the water table and surface run-off.
• There is an imaginary line separating drainage basins called a watershed.

Question 3

water cycle transfers

Answer 3

precipitation 
infiltration 
percolation 
evaporation 
evapotranspiration 
transpiration 
sublimation

Question 4

flows

Answer 4

Throughfall 
Through flow 
Stemflow
Groundwater flow 
Base flow 
Interception 
Condensation

Question 5

stores

Answer 5

Atmosphere
Hydrosphere - water source
Biosphere - soil store
Ground store - Aquifer

Question 6

Evaporation

Answer 6

Liquid - gas

Question 7

Evapotranspiration

Answer 7

Sum of evaporation from the land surface plus transpiration from plants

Question 8

Sublimation

Answer 8

Conversion between solid and gas - No liquid stage

Question 9

Precipitation

Answer 9

Input of water to drainage basin

rain, snow, hail, sleet

Question 10

Throughfall

Answer 10

Precipitation penetrates through the canopy

Reaches soil surface by drip

Question 11

Stemflow

Answer 11

Water running down a plant stem or tree trunks

Question 12

infiltration

Answer 12

Water soaks or filters into the soil

Question 13

Percolation

Answer 13

Gravity flow of water within the soil

Question 14

Groundwater flow

Answer 14

It is governed by amount of water in system

Question 15

Base flow

Answer 15

Water from the ground, flowing into channel over a long time with a certain delay

Question 16

Interception

Answer 16

Precipitation that doesn’t reach the soil

Intercepted by leaves, branches of plants and forest floor

Question 17

Condensation

Answer 17

Water vapour in the atmosphere is changed into water

fog, dew, mist, frost

Question 18

Rock

Answer 18

Soil and materials

Underneath soil and above ground - eruptions

Question 19

Soil

Answer 19

Unconsolidated mineral and organic material on the immediate surface

Question 20

Surface run-off

Answer 20

Water moves across the surface = stream, river etc

Question 21

Through flow

Answer 21

Beneath the surface
Water transferred through the lower soil towards rivers and groundwater flow
Typically slow

Question 22

Recharge

Answer 22

Hydrologic process where water moves downward from surface water to
groundwater
The primary method through water entering aquifer

Question 23

Source

Answer 23

Rivers beginning
Cloud formation
Clouds form when water molecules aggregate (join)
Frequently at altitude where dew point occur

Question 24

Cloud formation

Answer 24

Clouds form when water molecules aggregate (join)

Frequently at altitude where dew point occur