The Water Cycle

Question 1

Explain the water cycle in the tropical rainforest

Answer 1

• Rainforests produce their own rainfall
• The roots of plants take up water from the ground and the rain is intercepted as it falls - much of it at the canopy level.
• As the rainforest heats up, the water evaporates into the atmosphere and forms clouds to make the next day’s rain.
• This is convectional rainfall