Definitions from week 5 Flashcards
What is the meaning of Water cycle?
the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.
What is the meaning of Evaporation?
the process of turning from liquid into vapour.
What is the meaning of Condensation?
water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.
What is the meaning of Precipitation?
Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth
What is the meaning of Transpiration?
Transpiration is the loss of water from the plant through evaporation at the leaf surface.
What is the meaning of Aquifer?
a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
What is the meaning of Carbon cycle?
the series of processes by which carbon compounds are interconverted in the environment, involving the incorporation of carbon dioxide into living tissue by photosynthesis and its return to the atmosphere through respiration, the decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuels.
What is the meaning of Fossil Fuel?
a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
What is the meaning of Combustion?
the process of burning something.
What is the meaning of Cellular respiration?
Cellular respiration, the process by which organisms combine oxygen with foodstuff molecules,
What is the meaning of Decomposition?
the state or process of rotting
What is the meaning of Decaying matter?
The breaking down or rotting of organic matter through the action of bacteria, fungi, or other organisms
