Hydrological Cycle- Terms

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1. What's precipitation?

  • The phase change of water from liquid to gas.
  • Moisture, in the form of rain, drizzle, sleet, snow, hail, etc., which falls from clouds.
  • The evaporation of moisture produced by pores of plants, from vegetation surfaces.
  • rain
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2. What's the vertical movement of water, under the pull of gravity, from the ground surface into the soil?

  • Throughfall
  • Infiltration
  • Percolation
  • Throughflow

3. What's the lateral movement of water through the soil to streams and rivers?

  • Throughflow
  • Groundwater flow
  • Throughfall
  • Runoff

4. What is the movement of water across the ground surface as a thin film or sheet?

  • Stemflow
  • Overland flow
  • Runoff
  • Groundwater flow

5. What is the combined moisture loss from evaporation and transpiration from an area?

  • Evapotranspiration
  • Evaporation
  • Precipitation
  • Percolation
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