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The Water Cycle

Water and Climate

TermDefinition
Water Cycle The model used to illustrate the movement and the phase changes of water at or near Earth's surface (fueled by solar energy [insolation] and gravity)
Evaporation When the sun warms up liquid water and turns it into water vapor
Condensation When water vapor turns into liquid water
Transpiration The process of water moving through plant and changing to vapor before being released into the atmosphere
Precipitation The produce of condensation that falls from the sky (Examples: rain, snow, sleet, and hail)
Precipitation Falls It Can Be stored on land surfaces as ice and snow, infiltrate into the upper parts of the lithosphere, flow over Earth's surface as runoff, be evaporated or undergo transpiration
Infiltration The process by which water enters a substance
Slope of The Land The percentage of open space (pores and cracks) in the ground
Degree Of Saturation The amount of water already in the ground (dry ground absorbs faster)
Porosity The percentage of open space (pores and cracks) in the ground
Permeability A measure of how easily fluid flows through a porous solid
Capillarity The action which water moves against the downward pull of gravity
Vegetation Plants absorb water from the ground (will increase infiltration rate by slowing water running down hillsides)
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