Hydrologic cycle - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Abeka Biology Final Exam (Chapters 1- 24) Already Passed Deciduous Trees that lose their leaves each fall Xylem The tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals upward from the roots Stamen The organs that produces pollen Osmosis The one-way diffusion through a semipermeable membrane Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species The order of classification Epidermis The part of the skin that is exposed to the environment Louis Pasteur His experiments showed...

KINZLI HYDROLOGY UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Hydrologic Cycle Components - Correct Answer- Precipitation Evaporation Transpiration Infiltration Groundwater Runoff Hydrologic Budget - Correct Answer- deltaS = P-(G+ F+E+R+T) "Pig Fart" Lifting Mechanisms - Correct Answer- Frontal Movements Orographic (movement over topographic features)

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Water Treatment Exam 1 With question Answered 100% What are the main steps during the Hydrologic cycle? - ANS1. Evaporation 2. Condensation 3. Transportation 4. Transpiration 5. Precipitation 6. Runoff Evaporation - ANSDefined as: Water is transferred from earths surface to atmosphere. -80% occurs from oceans -Evaporation occurs more at warm temperatures Condensation - ANSDefined as: Conversion of water vapor to liquid -excess water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets Transporta...

Define environmental science - the study of how the natural environment works -how the environment affects us and vice versa What is earth's four main spheres? - lithosphere - hydrosphere - atmosphere - biosphere What is the lithosphere realm of rock What is the hydrosphere realm of water What is the atmosphere realm of air: gases, air, atmosphere what is the biosphere realm of life: living organisms What is a control variable how we measure if a boundary has been crossed Wha...

Hydrologic (water) cycle - Answer collects, purifies, and distributes the earth's fixed supply of water Polarity of water - Answer water is a polar molecule meaning it has opposite charges on opposite ends. This causes hydrogen bonds to form causing water to stick together. Watershed - Answer An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water River Basin/Drainage Basin - Answer All the land that drains to a major river and its tributaries Condensation...

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