1. The Water Cycle

2. Anything written in yellow (SLOW down and pay attention) is useful information. You should write it in your notes IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Anything in red (STOP and pay close attention) is critical information and should be copied exactly. Anything in green (GO on to the next point) you do not have to write.

4. 6 processes: Evaporation Condensation Infiltration Precipitation Runoff Transpiration

5. Evaporation: The process of where a liquid (H 2 O) changes from a liquid state to a gaseous state. Role: Required for clouds to form and precipitation to occur. Oceans account for 80% of the water delivered as precipitation.

6. Process of a gas cooling to a liquid state. Role: Allows water vapor to form into a cloud. Clouds travel across land and deposit rain.

7. is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. Role: Replenishes water levels Waters crops Cools Temperatures/lowers pollen levels

10. Water is absorbed into the ground through the soil and underlying rocks. Role: Water needs to be absorbed in order to replenish the ground water and aquifers. Excess rainfall can cause runoff and flooding.

12. Runoff is the movement of landwater to the oceans, chiefly in the form of rivers, lakes, and streams

13. 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. Similar to sweating About 10% of the moisture in the atmosphere comes from transpiration. (from USGS)

15. Evaporation Condensation Infiltration Precipitation Runoff Transpiration