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Water Cycle (Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back
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Page 1: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Cycle(Also known as the hydrologic cycle)

• The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

Page 2: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Cycle

http://www.osovo.com/diagram/water_cycle.jpg

Page 3: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Vapor

• Water Vapor is the invisible, gaseous form of water.

Page 4: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Vapor

• Make sure you understand that fog and clouds are NOT water vapor, they are made of tiny droplets of condensed water. WATER VAPOR IS INVISIBLE

Photos by Rusty Sturken

Page 5: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Evaporation• The process by which

molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas

• EX: water water vapor

(liquid) (gas)

Page 6: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Evaporation

http://www.tapintoquality.com/facts/glossary/evaporation.jpg

Page 7: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Transpiration• The process by which

plants release water vapor through their leaves

Page 8: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Transpiration

http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module01/images/transpiration.jpg

Page 9: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Condensation• The process by which a

gas, such as water vapor, changes to a liquid, such as water

• This is how clouds are formed

Page 11: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Precipitation• Forms of water, such as

rain, snow, sleet or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth’s surface

Page 12: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Precipitation

http://www.fondriest.com/fileshare/subpages/science_library/precipitation.jpg

Page 13: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Infiltration

• Is when precipitation soak into the shallow soil layer, then seeps into streams or groundwater

Page 15: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Groundwater• Water that fills the cracks

and pores in underground soil and rock layers

Page 16: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Groundwater

GROUNDWATER http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/images/hydrocyc.gif

Page 17: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Watershed• The land area that supplies

water to a river system

( think of “drainage basin”)

Page 18: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Watershed

http://www.recycleworks.org/images/watershed_800.jpg

Page 19: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Table• The top of the saturated

zone, or depth to the groundwater in an aquifer

Page 20: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Table

http://www.groundwater.org/gi/images/groundwaterdiagram.jpg

Page 21: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Aquifer• An underground layer of

rock or soil that holds water

Page 22: Water Cycle ( Also known as the hydrologic cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back.

Aquifer

http://mtnwater.com/images/missoula_aquifer-450.gif


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