What is precipitation?
The process by which plants release water vapor from their leaves into the atmosphere.
What is Transpiration?
Letter A is this process
Precipitation
The world's largest natural reservoir of water:
What are oceans?
Overpumping of aquifers
What causes water pollution?
The movement of water over the land surface that eventually flows into a body of water.
What is run-off?
90% of atmospheric moisture is provided by oceans through this.
What is Evaporation?
Letter E is this process.
What is Evaporation?
The natural water reservoirs found on top of mountains:
What are ice and snow?
Contamination of water resources such as industrial waste, sewage, and agricultural runoff.
How does pollution affect the water cycle?
The process by which water moves into the soil from the land surface.
What is infiltration?
Clouds and fog are formed as a result of this process.
What is Condensation?
Letter F is this process.
What is Condensation?
What is groundwater in aquifers?
More surface water causes less infiltration the ground to replenish groundwater and can lower drinking water supplies.
What does increased runoff on land do to the water cycle?
What is groundwater contamination, soil degradation, habitat destruction, and water pollution?
Condensation is formed as a result of moist air hitting this surface temperature.
What is warm?
Letter D is the water under the Earth's surface.
What is Groundwater?
Lakes are good reservoirs because (3 reasons):
What is they have a large storage capacity, sediment will sink to the bottom, and natural collection points?
Consuming large quantities of water for irrigation, transpiration, and stock watering. This can lead to reduced water availability and severe water scarcity.
How does agriculture affect the water cycle?
Excessive run-off leads to (3 reasons):
What is water contamination, harm to aquatic ecosystems, and flooding?
This weather condition speeds up the process of Transpiration.
What is hot/dry/windy weather?
Letter C is this process.
What is Infiltration?
Benefits of aquifers include (3 reasons):
What is natural filtration, reduced evaporation, and acting as a drought buffer?
Trapping sediments, altering water temperature, and flow patterns lead to disrupting nutrient transportation and habitat fragmentation.
How does building water dams impact the water cycle?