Practice - The Hydrologic Cycle
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Practice Questions
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What is evaporation?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when the sun heats water.
Name the process by which plants release water vapor.
💡 Hint: It's related to how plants breathe.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the term for water vapor changing into liquid?
💡 Hint: Which term sounds like 'condenser'?
True or False: Evaporation occurs only from oceans.
💡 Hint: Consider where else water can be found.
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Challenge Problems
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Assuming a specific area experienced a 40% increase in rainfall over a period. How would this impact the processes of infiltration and runoff?
💡 Hint: Consider how saturated soil behaves with additional rain.
Calculate the total volume of water that infiltrates into groundwater during a year, given that a region has an average precipitation of 500mm, and assumes 30% of that infiltrates.
💡 Hint: How do units convert when you’re working with volume?
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