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Water Cycle

The water cycle or hydrologic cycle describes the movement of water on, above and below the surface of the earth. This endless cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation brings us fresh water, reshapes the surface of the earth and washes nutrients to new areas. Even the climate is influenced by the heating and cooling effects as water moves through its different phases of solid, liquid and gas.

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Does the sun have effect on the water cycle?

It is good for the sun to make water evaporate. It's part of the water cycle, and water is taken up into clouds and goes into other places filling lakes, high places and reservoirs, where water wouldn't show up otherwise. Much of the world's fresh water(non salted) comes from the water cycle. It also cleans out the atmosphere when it rains leaving fewer pollutants in the air.

How does water get from the ocean into the air?

haha... good question.

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Do you know about the water cycle? Water molecules at the very top of the water are heated by the sun, causing them to vibrate. The vibration lowers the overall density of the particle, so pretty much, it turns to water vapour, and then rises (because hot air/water vapour is less dense that cold air/water vapour). And there you go, it's in the atmosphere.

Would you show a picture of the water cycle?

yes i labeled the picture of a water cycle BUCCO!!

What part does transportation play in the water cycle?

I believe you mean transpiration. Transpiration simply refers to evaporation from the leaves of plants. Like all evaporation, it adds water vapor to the atmosphere, which can later condense into droplets that fall as precipitation, such as rain or snow. In some places, such as the Amazon rainforest, transpiration creates high enough levels of humidity that it is responsible for much of the rainfall.

If you are referring to transportation, I'm assuming you mean the movement of water. Without the movement of water vapor as a result of wind, rain would almost never fall on land and there wouldn't be any fresh water, since nearly all evaporation occurs over the ocean.

Is condensation a process in the hydrological cycle?

For animals it is. The function of sweating, for instance, is to produce evaporation of water in such a way as to cool this skin.

Evaporation of water from the ocean, also, occurs when the ocean is warm and the air is cool.

What is most important Biogeochemical cycle?

i suppose it will be water, carbon and nitrogen

What supplies the energy in water cycle?

The sun.

The sun's energy comes in the form of heat. This begins the cycle with evaporation.

How does vapor form?

Vapors are formed by he process of evaporation. Water in the water bodies evaporate to form vapors.

What does the word ground water mean?

ground water means water that is in a ground

What is interception in the water cycle?

interception is the amount of rainfall , which is intercepted and will not infiltrate into the ground or take apart in the runoff process.

How does condestion affect te water cycle?

Humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air.

Water vapour can be added to the air until the air

becomes saturated. When this happens, the air cannot

hold any more water vapour. As the air above a surface

reaches saturation point the rate of evaporation (and

transpiration) slows down and stops.

Can you describe evaporation?

Evaporation is when there is a river and the hot air from below rises and carries little water droplets with it, which then go into the air to form clouds. The clouds then move along and sometimes form. Then, if a cloud has too many water droplets inside of them, its falls down and makes rain, and goes back into the river to start it again.

What is the function of the water cycle in the biosphere?

Simply, biosphere is a zone or sphere on earth surface like atmosphere, hydroshpere and lithosphere. Biosphere is where all living beings are formed.

So you know water is essential for evey living creatures (incuding plants). Due to heating and cooling of earth's surface water gets evaporation or evapotranspiration, condensation, precipitation, etc. This process is water cycle and which is matter for all life forms on earth.

I think this is easiest to understand?

What is the difference between hydrogen cycle and water cycle?

By the water cycle, I suspect you mean evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. Evaporation is the change from water to water vapor, lifting into the sky, where condensation occurs. What condensation is, is the act of turning the water vapor into large fog banks, called clouds. When precipitation comes around, all the water in the clouds falls in some sort of water (ex. rain, snow, hail, etc.). Runoff is simply the act of the water getting back into rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, and of course oceans. I hope this is what you where looking for!

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What is the hydrocylogic cycle process?

the vapor cools, condenses, and falls to the earth as rain or snow. The water soak into the ground, avaporates to the atmosphere or flows into rivers to be recycled.

Is there a specific beginning or end in the water cycle Why or why not?

The water cycle has no starting point. That is because the cycle repeats. For example, first, the sun heats the water on Earth's surface. Then the water evaporates. Next the clouds form. Then there is condensation. Next, there is precipitation which is rain, sleet, snow, and hail. Finally, the precipitation flows into rivers, streams, and oceans. That is when the water cycle repeats all over again. It repeats over and over again. The water cycle is unstoppable.

How would the water cycle change without the sun?

Without the sun the water cycle would stop. There would be no evaporation, no clouds, no rain. All rivers would dry up as the glaciers would stop melting and would freeze again.

Crops, animals and humans would die.

What is a person called when they study water or the water cycle?

A hydrologist is a scientist that studies water and its cycle.
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How role does precipitation play in the water cycle?

Precipitation plays the role of accelerating water back to the atmosphere for another proceses

What processes of water cycle return water vapor directly to the atmosphere?

Evaporation returns some water back to the atmosphere from lakes and rivers. Flowing rivers carry the majority of rain, spring water, and snowmelt to lakes or to the ocean, whose larger surface area increases evaporation.