Water Cycle (a)
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This is the mechanism through which water travels down through the ground powered by the acceleration due to gravity.
percolation.
This is is the process water filtering through the soil to reach groundwater below
Infiltration
The is the process where a solid changes directly into a gas.
sublimation
What is water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle
Runoff
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Population of Australia
26,177,413
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process?
transpiration
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Population of Bowen in 2016 consensus
10,377
What is it called when rain get so cold it solidifies into small ice balls?
Hail
True or False - The water you are drinking might be water from millions of years ago.
True
Water molecules consist of these components
two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom
Water in the form of gas
water vapor
Name four forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
A group of tiny water droplets in the atmosphere.
a cloud.
Animals contibute to the water cycle through this process?
respiration
Where does water vapor in the atmosphere come from?
evaporation from lakes, rivers, and oceans.
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What is it called when water moves from the atmosphere to the earth?
precipitation.
When water changes from a solid to a liquid.
melting.
Where is most of the water on Earth stored
Oceans
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
This is the amount of time a molecule of water reamains in a reservoir?
residence time.
This percentage of water is fresh water on Earth..
3%
State of matter when water is frozen.
a solid.
This occurs when a gas is directly converted into a solid?
deposition
Ocean on the East Coast of Australia
Pacific Ocean
The water cycle moves ____________.
continuously or never stops; repeats.
When water vapor changes to a liquid
condensation.
What is it called when water travels through oceans, the atmosphere and land over and over again.
the water cycle.
this is water that moves under the Earth's surface?
groundwater