hydrological cycle

Question 1

evaporation

Answer 1

the process of water turning from a liquid to a gas

Question 2

condensation

Answer 2

the process of water vapour turning from a gas to a liquid

Question 3

precipitation

Answer 3

water falling from the sky as rain, sleet, snow or hail

Question 4

surface runoff

Answer 4

the movement of water over the Earth’s surface

Question 5

interception

Answer 5

precipitation collected by vegetation

Question 6

transpiration

Answer 6

when water in plants and trees is released into the air as water vapour

Question 7

groundwater flow

Answer 7

the movement of water underground (lower layers of soil)

Question 8

percolation

Answer 8

the vertical movement of water through pores and cracks in soil and permeable rocks

Question 9

throughflow

Answer 9

the lateral movement of water through soil in the upper layers

Question 10

infiltration

Answer 10

when water on the surface enters soil by being absorbed.

Water can travel through permeable rock which is when there are gaps in the rock which allow water and gas to travel through

Impermeable rock has no gaps and so water and gas cannot travel through

Question 11

water table

Answer 11

the level at which all the pores in the rock are full of water. the height of the water table rises and falls according to the precipitation (storage)