Surface Water Flashcards
How much water can an average tree hold
1800 liters
420 gallons
What are the three main steps to the water cycle
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Evaporation of water from plant is called what
Transpiration
Water that remains in the ground is called what
groundwater
What are the three phases that water can turn into
Solid liquid or gas
How many liters of freshwater fall on the United States every day in the form of rain or snow
15 trillion
What is the third step of the water cycle
Precipitation
From what sources does water evaporate into the atmosphere
From the surface waters
Eventually what happens to groundwater
It ends up in the ocean
What is the process by which water vapor changes back into a liquid
Condensation
For condensation to happen in the water vapor must be what temperature
Cold
Every half-mile straight up in the air what how much does a temperature drop by
45°
What happens to the earth air as it moves further from the earths surface
The air gets colder
Why can’t cool air hold as much water as warm air
Where air particles have more space in between for water this word out. Cold air particles are bunched up which makes water hard to go in
How many water molecules does it take to make one water droplet
100 million water molecules