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6. What's the vertical movement of water, under the pull of gravity, from the ground surface into the soil?
- Infiltration
- Percolation
- Throughfall
- Throughflow
7. What's the movement of water across the ground surface in gullies, streams and rivers called?
- Overland flow
- Throughflow
- Runoff
- Groundwater flow
8. What's stemflow?
- The lateral movement of water through the soil to streams and rivers.
- Precipitation, initially intercepted by vegetation, which runs to the ground along branches and stems.
- The evaporation of moisture produced by the pores of plants, from vegetation surfaces.
- Precipitation, initially intercepted by the leaves, stems and branches of vegetation, which drips to the ground.
9. What's evaporation?
- The vertical movement of water across the ground surface as a thin film or sheet.
- wen a liquid goes into da air
- The phase change of water from liquid to gas (i.e. water vapour)
- The combined moisture loss from evaporation and transpiration from an area.
10. What's percolation?
- The lateral movement of water through the soil to streams and rivers.
- The vertical movement of water, under the pull of gravity, from the soil into permeable rock.
- The vertical movement of water, under the pull of gravity, from the ground surface into the soil.
- The lateral movement of groundwater through permeable rocks.
11. What's precipitation?
- Moisture, in the form of rain, drizzle, sleet, snow, hail, etc., which falls from clouds.
- The phase change of water from liquid to gas.
- rain
- The evaporation of moisture produced by pores of plants, from vegetation surfaces.
12. What's throughfall?
- Precipitation, initially intercepted by the leaves, stems and branches of vegetation, which drips to the ground.
- The lateral movement of water through the soils to streams and rivers.
- Moisture in the form of rain, drizzle etc., which falls from clouds.
- The vertical movement of water from the ground surface to the soil.