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Water Vapor:

  • Gaseous state of water; the product of the evaporation of water
  • Clouds are the water vapor made by lakes and rivers
  • Examples: clouds, or steam
  • Impacts: Water vapor is a greenhouse gas and is able to absorb thermal energy from the Earth, increasing the warmth of the atmosphere

Precipitation:

  • Type of water released from the clouds
  • Product of water vapor
  • When a solution condenses, precipitation is the result
  • Examples: rain, snow, sleet, hail, or fog
  • Impacts: Precipitation gives plants water to assist in photosynthesis. It also creates runoff and percolation into soil.

Transpiration:

  • Process by which water evaporates from the leaves of plants in terrestrial ecosystems
  • Transpiration causes plants to take in water through their roots to replace water being lost through their leaves.
  • Impacts: Transpiration can contribute to the loss of moisture in soil and affect vegetation

Runoff:

  • The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure
  • Product of precipitation
  • Examples: mudslides, erosion
  • Impacts: Runoff can help remove water from storms from the surface and can also pick up soil contaminants such as petroleum along the way.

Evaporation:

  • Is the process of a substance in a liquid state changing to a gaseous state due to increase in temperature and or pressure
  • Could occur from places like lakes and oceans
  • Examples: Water on a hot day, sweating, or coming out of a shower
  • Impacts: Evaporation helps form clouds, affects the humidity (amount of moisture in the air), and it causes the water levels to decrease, due to the heat

Percolation into Soil:

  • When some water from precipitation moves downwards through openings in the soil and gets to the roots of plants
  • Impacts: Percolation replenishes the permeable rocks, such as, gravel, sand, or silt under the ground

The Water Cycle

By: Mary Sanzone

David Lofgren

Nico Teta

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