Precipitation
General term for any for, of water that falls from clouds, including rain, slow, sleet and hail
What is precipitation
This process occurs when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid.
What is condensation?
Cutting down forests reduces transpiration and increases runoff, impacting this cycle.
What is the water cycle?
The process of water turning from a liquid into a gas.
What is evaporation?
The part of the water cycle where water gathers in oceans, rivers, lakes, or underground.
What is collection/
What is precipitation?
This cloud-forming process occurs when warm, moist air rises and cools
What is condensation?
Paving cities and adding concrete reduces water soaking into the ground, affecting this process.
This factor speeds up evaporation by giving water molecules more energy.
What is temperature?
Water that soaks into the ground and collects in underground reservoirs is called this.
What is groundwater?
Mountains often cause this type of precipitation when moist air rises and cools on the windward side
What is orographic precipitation?
Fog near the ground is formed by this process.
What is condensation
Warming the planet through fossil fuel use changes evaporation and precipitation patterns. This is called:
What is climate change/global warming?
This body of water loses water constantly to the air through evaporation.
What is the ocean?
Ice caps, glaciers, and snowpacks are examples of this type of collection.
What is ice/snow collection?