Factors Driving Change Water Stores

Question 1

Factors affecting rate of evaporation

Answer 1

• Amount of solar energy
• water availability
• Air humidity (the closer to saturation= less evaporation)
• Temperature of air (warm can hold more water vapour)

Question 2

What is transpiration

Answer 2

Where water is transported from the roots of a plant to its leaves and and lost through pores on leaf surface

Question 3

When does condensation occur

Answer 3

• when the temperature of air is reduced to dew point but it’s volume remains constant
• when the volume of air increases but there is no addition of heat

Question 4

Cryospheric process effecting water stores

Answer 4

• Glacial periods- water stored as ice on lands= sea levels falls
• Interglacial- water stored in oceans= sea level rise