Can the water cycle ever change?
Not unless our atmosphere changes (like an ice age). The water cycle then will still have the same steps but just not in the same amounts.
Is it true that all water on earth has been through the water cycle?
not sure, but the ancient roman believed a god name beshoy controls recycling... maybe you should check it out on google.
What causes water shortages in California?
Water shortages happen as a result of human activities that interfere with the water cycle. The main cause of shortage in water is extraction and overuse of water, pollution, global warming and severe weather conditions.
What are two processes that result in natural water purification?
Two processes that result in natural water purification are sedimentation, where suspended particles settle to the bottom of the water body, and biological filtration, where microorganisms break down organic matter and contaminants in the water.
What is the collection stage of the water cycle?
When water falls back to earth as precipitation, it may fall back in the oceans, lakes or rivers or it may end up on land. When it ends up on land, it will either soak into the earth and become part of the "ground water" that plants and animals use to drink or it may run over the soil and collect in the oceans, lakes or rivers where the cycle starts again.
How the water cycle takes place?
First water evaporates or and turns the liquid into gas (water vapor)and forms as clouds in the sky. then after a while the water vapor condenses and turns back to a liquid causing perspiration. When the water falls on the ground it either turns into run-off or Ground water. Run-off are rivers, and ground water is the water collecting underground and then traveling to a lake or pond. Then the water evaporates from the lake and the cycle starts over again.
Why it is the important of protecting water?
Because, at our best health, humans are composed of about 60 to 80% water, and it is necessary to maintain homeostasis and proper bodily functioning.
Where do puddles of water go when they disappear?
The water either seeps into the ground or it slowly evaporates into the air as water vapor. If enough water evaporates into the air, the air may become more humid. Eventually most of it rises into the sky and together with other water vapor from puddles,, rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans, becomes clouds which become rain or snow, falls to the ground, and goes back to rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans and maybe even form more puddles.
The water has two ways to go after being in a puddle. One way is that it can drain down into the ground through the dirt. Sometimes puddles are on surfaces that are unable to let water through, like asphalt, or sidewalks. That means the water has to go somewhere else. So the water in the puddle goes up into the air, by a process called evaporation. This happens because water and everything else is made up of molechules. Molechules are too small for the eye to see. The molechules of water slowly go up into the air, and over time the puddle disappears.
Desribe the water cycle and explain how it affects the weather?
The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic cycle, is the process of water being evaporated from the Earth's surface and returning again through precipitation. It begins with the evaporation of water from oceans and other bodies of water. The water vapors then condense to form clouds which travel around the atmosphere until the water returns to the Earth as precipitation such as rain or snow. It then makes its way back into the oceans and streams, and the process starts over again.
What is the effect of the sun in water?
sand is a free draining material so it doesnot hold water. that is the reason why sand is used as a filter material on water treatment plants. NB:. immediately the sand is wet it drains off.
What is a fundamental difference between the water cycle and other nutrient cycles?
Water cycle is the cycle that H2O molecules go through. The nitrogen cycle is the cycle that nitrogen goes through as it changes from nitrate to nitrite to ammonia, all by bacterias in the soil.
How do organisms use the properties of water for survival?
Polarity of H20 molecule- Allows H20 molecules to easily surround and dissolve other polar substances. This is important to living as water can "carry" dissolved minerals, nutrients, and chemicals throughout the body and is a medium for chemical reactions to take place.
Water is denser as a liquid than as a solid- This allows water in its solid phase (ice) to float above liquid water. It's important if you ever looked at a lake or pond during the winter. The ice floats above while water underneath is still in its liquid phase. Because ice is semi- transparent, it allows sunlight to pass through- trapping heat underneath, allowing photosynthesis to take place and preventing the whole entire lake from freezing over. If water were denser in its solid state compared to its liquid state, ice would just sink to the bottom and allow the whole ecosystem in the lake to freeze over and die.
High surface tension- Water's polarity gives it this property and makes individual molecules clump together into droplets rather than spreading out in a thin layer. This is important to organisms such as trees. When a molecule of water goes up the roots of a tree, individual molecules "pull" one another upwards. If it weren't for this property, plants would have trouble transporting water from their roots to their leaves for photosynthesis.
Are you drinking the same water the dinosaurs drunk?
yes it is possible because of the water cycle. water that was in the lake then, went into the sky, the stuff in the sky condenses then precipitation happens, and then eventually that water evaporates. and so it continues.
How is groundwater related to an aquifer?
Groundwater flowing through certain types of rocks can produce caves or natural openings below the surface that are connected to the surface.
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To be more helpful to those 13 and anyone else... The "certain types of rocks" are those soluble in naturally slightly acidic groundwater, so are limestone (primary constituent, calcium carbonate) and gypsum (calcium sulphate).
Further, the water has to penetrate the rock formation - it oozes through the joints, bedding-planes, faults and other permeable discontinuities and eventually dissolves their wall rock enough to give discrete, stream-bearing conduits - and escape through risings (springs).
What is the processes that takes place in the water cycle takes place in the geosphere?
The Geosphere is located under the surface of the Earth, and water can errode into it over time. Changes in the water cycle can cause rivers to dry up and eventually fill back in with soil and stone, or it can cause a river to flud, and cut deeper into the geosphere, like how the Grand Canyon was formed, but is now fairly dry in comparison to what it had to be before.
How much of water used in the water cycle returns to the cycle to be used again?
water returns to the earth by precipitation!(rain,snow,sleet and hail)
In the water cycle, precipitation returns water to the Earth's surface.
How the water cycle continually repeats itself?
I believe that the Sun controls the water cycle. Don't get me wrong, I'm not really sure if it does, but it's the best of my ability to let you know of what I think is right or wrong. You can also get the Holy Ghost to help guide you through this situation. Trust me...he knows what's best!
What happens To rainwater in puddles on the sidewalk?
it goes back into the clouds
I think he means more specifically. Like at a atomic/molecular level...
How does water from precipitation make its way back to the ocean?
Evaporation of water in the oceans is later precipitated as rain or snow onto the continents. A portion of this precipitation makes its way to rivers.
Precipitation
What are the producers of the water cycle?
gravity, condensations, evaporation, precipitation, and water..
How does the water cycle move fresh water through the environment?
Water falls as rain (or snow) it soaks into the ground and eventually finds it's way into creeks, streams and rivers. It flows to the sea where it is eventually evaporated by the heat of the sun. the evaporated water condenses into clouds and then falls as rain, to start the cycle over again.
What happens during each of three processes that make up the water cycle?
Condensation --> Precipitation --> Evaporation
Does the water cycle go round and around?
the water cycle stops by with no sun trees or water
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