Lesson 1 - Water Cycle

Question 1

What is the Hyrdosphere?

Answer 1

All the water which includes seas, oceans, rivers and lakes, rocks, soil, living things and the atmosphere.

Question 2

What forms does the hydrosphere appear in?

Answer 2

The different forms it appears are in solid (ice), liquid (water) and gas (water vapour)

Question 3

What is a Biosphere?

Answer 3

Part of earth where organisms live

Question 4

What is the name of a typical underground water store?

Answer 4

Aquifer

Question 5

What is infiltration?

Answer 5

This is when water moves from the surface into the soil just below

Question 6

What is percolation?

Answer 6

This is the downward movement of water through the soil and into the ground water. The speed depends on how saturated the soil is.

Question 7

What is condensation?

Answer 7

Warm air rises, cools, condenses and cause clouds to form. Water in gas form (vapour) is transformed in to liquid.

Question 8

What is transpiration?

Answer 8

Water is released from stomata in the pores in the leave and then evaporates.