water cycle Flashcards
name processes involved in water transfers
- freezing
- melting
- condensation
- evaporation
- evapotranspiration
- sublimation
- deposition
- infiltration
evaporation
solar radiation hits the surface of water or land and causes water to turn from liquid state to a gas
condensation
the air cools and excess water in the air will be converted from a gas to a liquid, the particles condense onto tiny particles of dust, smoke, salt etc
cryospheric processes
processes that affect the total mass of ice at any scale from local patches of frozen ground to global ice amounts
drainage basin
area of land drained by a river snd it’s tributaries
evapotranspiration
total output of water from the drainage basin directly back into the atmosphere
groundwater flow
slow movement of water through deep underlying rocks
infiltration
downward movement of water from the surface into the soil
latent heat
heat taken from surroundings to give particle bonds energy and surroundings cool down
fusion
when a solid becomes a liquid or vise versa
vaporisation
when a liquid becomes a gas or vice versa
sublimation
when a solid becomes a gas or vice versa
transpiration
where water is transported from the roots of a plant to its leaves and then lost through pores on the leafs surface
factors affecting evaporation
- amount of solar energy
- amount of water available
- humidity of air (the closer the air is to saturation, the slower it will happen)
- temperature of air (warm air can hold more water vapour)
driving force of cloud formation is..
the global atmospheric circulation model
