Water Cycle Notes - PDF

Vocabulary All the water on planet Earth The constant movement of water among the oceans, the atmosphere, the solid Earth, and the Biosphere It is the unending circulation of the water supply / transpiration...

Vocabulary All the water on planet Earth The constant movement of water among the oceans, the atmosphere, the solid Earth, and the Biosphere It is the unending circulation of the water supply / transpiration infiltrate  ** Water can only move into an unsaturated permeable areas ** (Copy these definition for future use) Saturated - Unable to hold or contain more; full Unsaturated - capable of absorbing or dissolving more of something Permeable - having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through Impermeable - not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance  Water can infiltrate the ground and enter rivers, lakes and streams. What else does water absorb into?  The process of converting the release of absorbed liquid water to a gaseous water by plants into the form in the environment atmosphere.  Water vapor changing Droplets join together back into liquid water until they are too heavy Clouds are formed by condensation Any form of water that falls from a cloud  The movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and spaces Water that does not infiltrate flows over the land into rivers and lakes Runoff only occurs when rainfall exceeds the Earth’s ability to absorb it.  If water doesn’t precipitate, evaporate, infiltrate, runoff or undergo transpiration, where might it go? Balance in the Water Cycle What two parts of the water cycle need to balance? Dynamic Equilibrium occurs when the average annual precipitation over the Earth equals the amount of water that evaporates.