Hydrologic cycle

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

Process by which water is heated and changes from liquid to gaseous state

Question 2

Transpiration

Answer 2

The process by which plants move water from the roots to through the leaves and into the atmosphere

Question 3

Precipitation

Answer 3

Any water falling from the atmosphere to earth in the forms of rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Question 4

Condensation

Answer 4

Transition from vapour to liquid state

Question 5

Runoff

Answer 5

Precipitation in excess of what will infiltrate into soil or can be stored in resevoirs

Question 6

Interception

Answer 6

Water that never reaches the ground due to surface vegetation or other above ground structures

Question 7

Infiltration

Answer 7

Water that flows beneath the soil surface into the pores and cracks between soil grains

Question 8

Hydrology

Answer 8

The study of how water moves around the earth

Question 9

Hydrology

Answer 9

The study of how water moves around the earth