Water + Carbon: Flows And Stores

Question 1

System where inputs = outputs

Answer 1

Dynamic equilibrium

Question 2

The combined return of water to the atmosphere from evaporation and transpiration

Answer 2

Evapotranspiration

Question 3

Water moves from the ground or soil into pours rocks or rock fractures

Answer 3

Infiltration and percolation

Question 4

Precipitation that does not reach the soil but is instead stopped/slows by leaves and other vegetation

Answer 4

Interception

Question 5

Flow of water over the ground surface

Answer 5

Surface runoff

Question 6

The process when water vapor in the air changes to liquid water

Answer 6

Condensation

Question 7

Water released from clouds in the form of rain

Answer 7

Precipitation

Question 8

Water flowing downhill within the soil

Answer 8

Throughflow

Question 9

Gravity and pressure move water downwards and sideways underground through spaces between rocks

Answer 9

Groundwater flow

Question 10

Loss of water stored as ice or snow though melting, runoff, evaporation and sublimation

Answer 10

Ablation

Question 11

The process of snow and ice changing into water vapour without melting t into water first

Answer 11

Sublimation

Question 12

Frozen water turning into liquid water

Answer 12

Melting

Question 13

The process of burning fossil fuels

Answer 13

Combustion

Question 14

The release of CO2 into the atmosphere, soil and oceans by animals

Answer 14

Respiration

Question 15

The process by which plants use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy

Answer 15

Photosynthesis

Question 16

The breaking down of animals and plants by bacteria

Answer 16

Decomposition

Question 17

Gases containing carbon move between the oceans surface and atmosphere

Answer 17

Diffusion

Question 18

The movement of carbon from the atmosphere into the lithosphere

Answer 18

Weathering

Question 19

NPP

Answer 19

Difference between what is taken in by photosynthesis and what is given out by respiration