Water cycle revision

Condensation

Condensation is the process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water. Condensation is crucial to the water cycle because it is responsible for the formation of clouds.

Runoff

Still, it is true that much of the water in rivers comes directly from runoff from the land surface, which is defined as surface runoff. When rain hits saturated or impervious ground it begins to flow overland downhill.

Sublimation

Sublimation is the conversion between the solid and the gaseous phases of matter, with no intermediate liquid stage. For those of us interested in the water cycle, sublimation is most often used to describe the process of snow and ice changing into water vapor in the air without first melting into water.

Transpiration

Transpiration is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere. Transpiration is essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves.

Desublimation

Is the opposite of Sublimation when a gas changes into a solid straight away.

Precipitation

Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain.

What are the 4 different types of precipitation?

Snow, Rain, Sleet and Hail.

Evaporation

evaporation definition. The changing of a liquid into a gas, often under the influence of heat (as in the boiling of water). (See vaporization.) Note: The evaporation of water from the oceans is a major component in the hydro-logic cycle.