Hydrologic Cycle: Precipitation and Evaporation

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What is the term for the total amount of water that evaporates from a watershed?

Evapotranspiration

Which of the following is a form of precipitation?

Hail

What process describes liquid water turning into water vapor?

Condensation

Which part of precipitation does not reach the soil surface?

<p>Interception</p> Signup and view all the answers

From where does water evaporate in a watershed?

<p>From many different surfaces in the watershed</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which part of rainfall is intercepted by plant foliage?

<p>Drizzle</p> Signup and view all the answers

What physical process involves the movement of water through the boundary where the atmosphere interfaces with the soil?

<p>Infiltration</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does water transfer primarily occur in relation to soil characteristics?

<p>In the zone of aeration</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for water that exists in the zone of aeration where air is present?

<p>Vadose water</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary moving force behind groundwater according to the text?

<p>Gravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does storage occur as underground storage according to the passage?

<p>Aquifers</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the type of storage that occurs on the land surface and underground?

<p>Geologic features</p> Signup and view all the answers

What determines the fate of water that infiltrates into the soil?

<p>The moisture status of the soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the driving force behind the cycling of water on Earth?

<p>Solar energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does infiltrated water flow when it exceeds the soil's water holding capacity?

<p>Downward under gravity to groundwater</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which component plays a critical role in determining the fate of infiltrated water in the hydrologic cycle?

<p>The water-holding capacity of the soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it said that water on Earth is neither lost nor gained over time?

<p>Due to the constant supply and allocation of water on Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

What factor is responsible for maintaining a constant supply of water on Earth?

<p>Solar energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three forms in which water exists in the atmosphere?

<p>Gas, liquid, and solid</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the additional source of warmth at Earth's surface mentioned in the text?

<p>Water vapor</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is a warming Earth expected to have a more humid atmosphere?

<p>More water vapor means more energy in the atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does high relative humidity refer to?

<p>Moisture content of the atmosphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

What months experience the lowest and highest relative humidity in the Philippines?

<p>March and September</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason for high sensible temperature throughout the archipelago of the Philippines?

<p>Warm temperature and high humidities</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which climate type in the Philippines has a very pronounced maximum rain period from December to February?

<p>Type II</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which climate type in the Philippines has a short dry season lasting only from one to three months during either December to February or March to May?

<p>Type III</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which region in the Philippines experiences a climate type that resembles Type II with evenly distributed rainfall throughout the year?

<p>Northern part of Palawan</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which climate type in the Philippines has rainfall more or less evenly distributed throughout the year?

<p>Type IV</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which region belongs to a climate type resembling Type I with dry seasons from November to April and wet during the rest of the year?

<p>Occidental Mindoro</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which climate type in the Philippines has no pronounced dry season, with minimum monthly rainfall occurring from March to May?

<p>Type II</p> Signup and view all the answers

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