water cycle notes

Weather happens in the

troposphere

evaporation

water heats up, rises into atmosphere, cools

condensation

water vapor cools and forms liquid droplets, creating clouds.

precipitation

the process where water falls back to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

infiltration

water infiltrates soil and is either absorbed by plants or goes down further

percolation

water makes it through permeable rock layers to reach groundwater reservoirs

groundwater

water beneath earth, fills open spaces like rock pores

aqufers

basically reservoirs of groundwater

runoff

water flows over the land and shapes earth, carries minerals.

transpiraton

water vapor that plants release through stomata

floods happen bc of

more impervious urban surfaces

other worse weather events

global warming

weather happens in

troposphere