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Criado por Tom Mitchell
quase 10 anos atrás
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Questão | Responda |
What are the 3 parts of the Hydrological Cycle? | Sea, Land & Atmosphere |
What is Evaporation? | When water is heated and turns into water vapour |
What is Transpiration? | Evaporation of water from plants |
What is Evapotranspiration? | Both Evaporation and Transpiration happening at the same time |
What happens when the water vapour condenses? | Clouds are formed Water falls over the land as precipitation |
What is Infiltration? | When water soaks into the soil |
What is Percolation? | When water moves vertically down through soil and rock |
What is Throughflow? | When water in the soil moves downhill |
What is Groundwater Flow? | When water in rock flows downhill |
What is Surface Runoff? | When water flows overground |
What is Channel Flow? | The flow of water in a river |
What is Channel Storage? | When water is held in a river |
What is Groundwater Storage? | When water is stored in soil and rock |
A rock that stores water is called an... | Aquifer |
What is Interception Storage? | When water lands on things such as leaves and doesn't hit the ground |
What is Surface Storage? | When water is held in things like lakes, reservoirs and puddles |
What is a Drainage Basin? | The area of land drained by a river |
What is a Tributary? | A smaller river that joins a main river |
What is a Confluence? | The point where two rivers join |
What are the Inputs to a Drainage Basin? | Precipitation |
What are the flows in a Drainage Basin? | Surface Runoff Channel Flow Infiltration Throughflow Groundwater Flow Percolation |
What are the Stores in a Drainage Basin? | Channel Storage Groundwater Storage Interception Storage Surface Storage |
What are the Outputs in a Drainage Basin? | Evaporation Transpiration River flow into the sea |
How are Drainage Basins separated? | By a watershed |
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