Cycles Flashcards
(22 cards)
Water cycle:
The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. It is a complex system that includes many different processes. Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in the form of rain and snow.
Evaporation:
the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
Transpiration:
the evaporation of water through minute pores, or stomata, in the leaves of plants.
Infiltration:
The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
Run-off:
water “running off”, which means flowing along the land surface, from a high to low point.
Precipitation:
water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Condensation:
the process by which water vapor (gas) in the air is changed into liquid water. Condensation is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds.
Groundwater:
Water that infiltrates or seeps into the ground. Sometimes this water can flow out of the water, like a spring. Sometimes, this water can seep from the ground into a lake, pond, or ocean.
Aquifer:
Water deep underground that can be stored for 1,000 of years. It can be found in water bearing, permeable rock.
Carbon Cycle
The movement of carbon from reservoir to reservoir
Water cycle
The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. It is a complex system that includes many different processes. Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in the form of rain and snow.
Evaporation
the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
Transpiration:
the evaporation of water through minute pores, or stomata, in the leaves of plants.
Infiltration:
The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
Run-off:
water “running off”, which means flowing along the land surface, from a high to low point.
Precipitation
water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Condensation
the process by which water vapor (gas) in the air is changed into liquid water. Condensation is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds.
Groundwater
Water that infiltrates or seeps into the ground. Sometimes this water can flow out of the water, like a spring. Sometimes, this water can seep from the ground into a lake, pond, or ocean.
Aquifer
Water deep underground that can be stored for 1,000 of years. It can be found in water bearing, permeable rock.
Nitrogen Fixation
In the process that causes the strong two-atom nitrogen molecules (N2) found in the atmosphere to break apart so that they can combine with other atoms oxygen or hydrogen
Denitrification
the microbial process of reducing nitrate and nitrite to gas forms of nitrogen
Nitrification
the process by which ammonia is converted to nitrites and then nitrates
