The Water Cycle Process
The water cycle provides fresh water for all land-based plants and animals before it flows back to the sea.
What is the biological term for water evaporating from plant leaves?
What is The Water Cycle Process?
"The water cycle describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth."
What do decomposers do in an ecosystem?
Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
Which process adds water vapour to the atmosphere from plant leaves?
Which condition would usually speed up decomposition by microorganisms?
Moving Water
Evaporation: Energy from the sun turns liquid water into water vapour.
Transpiration: Water vapour is lost from the stomata of plants.
Precipitation: Water falls from clouds as rain, snow, or hail.
Condensation is the opposite of evaporation; it occurs when water vapour cools to form clouds.
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