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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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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.
What is different about the phosphorus cycle as compared to the water carbon and nitrogen cycles?
Phosphorus generally does not exist as gas
What happens during evaporation the water cycle?
During evaporation in the water cycle, water from bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers, is heated by the sun, turning it into water vapor. This water vapor rises into the atmosphere where it cools and condenses to form clouds. Eventually, the water in these clouds falls back to the Earth as precipitation in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
How does waters state change in the water cycle?
Water changes states in the water cycle by evaporating from bodies of water and entering the atmosphere as water vapor. It then condenses in the atmosphere to form clouds, and eventually falls back to the Earth as precipitation in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. This cyclical process of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation is essential for the movement and distribution of water on Earth.
What is one part the is not part if the water cycles?
Erosion is not part of the water cycle.
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What happens during the precipitation stage of the water cycle?
Thwe preticapatoin rains the water in the clods down because preicapation is water
What is the role of the biosphere and the lithosphere in the water cycle?
The biosphere is important to the hydrological cycle because without the trees the precipitation won't be met with any interception and therefore will go straight to the ground where little or no infiltration will happen because the land has been disturbed. this means that the water will get back to the river more quickly and therefore will cause flooding.
The lithosphere is important to the hydrological cycle because without it infiltration won't happen in the earths crust and therefore will cause surface storage and then surface runoff which will then cause flooding in the river because the water will get back faster than going all the way underground to the water table and then going into the river.
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Describe how living things affect the water cycle?
living things are part of the water cycle because when ur cooking or boiling water the sun evaporates the water and then the water cycle begins
How does floods affect the water cycle?
When the water droplets form from condensation are very small, they remain in the atmosphere. When the temperature and atmospheric pressure are right, small droplets of water in clouds appear as rain.
How does the water cycle affect our weather patterns?
Weather is the short-term state of the atmosphere, including temperature, humidity, precipitation, air pressure, wind, and visibility. These elements are affected by the energy received from the sun and the amount of water in the air. To understand what influences weather, then, you need to understand the water cycle.
In the water cycle, water is constantly being recycled between liquid, solid, and gaseous states. The water cycle involves the processes of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes into water vapor, which is gas. Condensation occurs when water vapor cools and changes from a gas to a liquid. A change in the amount of water vapor in the air affects humidity. Clouds and fog form through condensation of water vapor, so condensation also affects visibility. Precipitation occurs when rain, snow, sleet, or hail falls from the clouds onto Earth's surface.
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What is the best part of the water cycle?
the water cycle has seven parts to it, yet the most important process is precipitation, because it brings the water back down to earth to restart the cycle. after all, without the water the would be no water cycle
What are the four types of water cycle stages?
They are
- Condensation,
- Precipitation,
- Evaporation, and
- Accumulation.
The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil. The rate of
infiltration is affected by soil characteristics including ease of entry, storage
capacity, and transmission rate through the soil.
What happens to rainwater that falls on land in the water cycle?
Some of it is absorbed into the soil. From there it can be taken up by vegetation, run into aquifers or form underground streams. A second alternative is that it runs off the top soil to form a stream which will flow into bigger streams or lakes and ponds. Another alternative is that it evaporates.
The Water Cycle:
First of all, the water from oceans, lakes, rivers, ect. turns into a gas and becomes water vapor. Then they rise up into the air. That's called evaporation. Next, the water vapor turns into clouds. That's called condensation. When the clouds are filled with water droplets and are too heavy, precipitationoccurs and they fall from the sky. The droplets from the sky could either be rain, snow, sleet, or hail. After precipitation, they go through the ground and the whole process starts over again.
How is the water stored on earth during the water cycle?
I don't think it can.
Water is stored in several places in the water cycle:
- lakes, oceans, man made reservoirs
- ground water
- clouds
- etc.
What role does a water cycle play in aquifers groundwater and watersheds?
Groundwater is related to the water cycle because it is precipitation meaning it has rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
What are some ways that can affect the water cycle?
being near the equator and near the pole there is two more but i don't know them
Why is the water cycle called the water cycle?
Cycles are things that repeat themselves...like a circle. The water cycle, like all other cycles, has no beginning or end.
Simply:
- water vapour evaporates from the sea, lakes rivers and other masses of water when the water is heated by the sun.
- The water vapour rises into the atmosphere and condenses to form clouds.
- Water falls as precipitation ( rain snow ice etc) onto the land and ends up in the rivers lakes and sea and the process starts again.
Main parts are evaporation condensation precipitation.
This is a basic version there are other things that are sources of water such as transpiration from vegetation.
Because it is a cycle of water .First evaporation then condensation then precipitation and all over again.
The Water Cycle is called a water cycle because it's a cycle (repeating steps) and in this cycle, it's about water being 'recycled'
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Explian how the water cycle is related to the weather patterns and climate?
The water cycle depends on the water bodies {rivers,seas etc} in and around an area.The more the water bodies the more evaporation. This in tern can bring more rain to that area, or less rain if there is less water bodies.
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What process follows condensation in the water cycle?
Condensation is the process of vapor changing phase to liquid. This process is an endothermic process, meaning it releases heat energy to the surrounding system.
Amount of water in air determines moisture. It determines the level of humidity.
Can you show a map of the water cycle?
The hydrological cycleThe hydrological cycle describes the constant movement of water above, on, and below the Earth's surface. The cycle operates across all scales, from the global to the smallest stream catchment (Smith 1998) and involves the movement of water along evapotranspiration, precipitation, surface runoff, subsurface flow and groundwater pathways. In essence, water is evaporated from the land, oceans and vegetation to the atmosphere, using the radiant energy from the Sun, and is recycled back in the form of rain or snow.
