HYDROLOGIC - WATER CYCLE The water cycle collects, purifies, and distributes the Earth's fixed supply of water - linked with all other cycles as an important medium of transport Oceans cover 71% of earth s surface, 97% of all water 3% fresh water 75% in glaciers and ice caps &lt; 1% available as fresh water 0.3% in lakes 0.005% in rivers and streams 0.3% soil moisture 25% ground water 0.035% atmospheric Incoming solar energy continually convert water from one form into another: evaporation - conversion of water into vapor condensation - conversion from vapor into liquid to fall as precipitation - dew, rain, sleet, hail, snow transpiration - water absorbed by the root systems of plants that is lost through the stomata of leaves interception - precipitation absorbed by plant material before reaching the ground runoff - nonabsorbed precipitation, throughfall, or stemflow infiltration - precipitation moving into the ground;
(The water cycle; collects; ) (evaporation - conversion of water into vapor condensation - conversion from vapor into liquid; to fall; as precipitation - dew, rain, sleet, hail, snow transpiration - water) (snow transpiration - water; absorbed; by the root systems of plants) (plants; is lost; ) (interception - precipitation; absorbed; by plant material; T:before reaching the ground runoff - nonabsorbed precipitation, throughfall, or stemflow infiltration - precipitation moving into the ground) (solar energy; continually convert; water; into another)
The water cycle evaporation - conversion of water into vapor condensation - conversion from vapor into liquid snow transpiration - water plants interception - precipitation solar energy
collects to fall absorbed is lost absorbed continually convert
as precipitation - dew, rain, sleet, hail, snow transpiration - water
by the root systems of plants
by plant material T:before reaching the ground runoff - nonabsorbed precipitation, throughfall, or stemflow infiltration - precipitation moving into the ground
water into another