Water Cycle

•What is the water cycle?•How is this information useful?•How does it relate to use?

The Water Cycle has 9 stages

• Evaporation• Condensation• Precipitation• Interception• Infiltration

• Percolation• Transpiration• Runoff• Storage

Evaporation

changing of water from liquid to gas

Johnson, Amanda “Water Cycle 1” September 29, 2010 via Paint, Creative Commons Attribution

How does evaporation take place?

North Carolina Aggregates Association, “Evaporation” December 1, 2008 via http://www.ncaggregates.org/rock_talk.php?file=water Creative Commons Attribution

Condensation

changing of water from gas to liquid

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PrecipitationWater particles fall from the sky

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InterceptionInterruption of the movement of water

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Infiltration

Water in and through soil

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Percolation

Ground water flow

TranspirationWater in plants to water vapor

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Runoff

• Streams• Rivers• Lakes• Oceans

FLOW OF WATER TO LARGE BODIES OF WATER

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Storage

Atmosphere, on Earth surface, in ground

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• The Earth replenishes itself•We know where rain comes from•We can determine …

How is this Information useful?

• Drinking/ cleaning water• Ecosystems

How does this relate to use?

Quick Run Though

Bramer, Daniel University of Illinois, “A summary of the Hydrologic Cycle, Bringing all the pieces together” 1997 via http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/smry.rxml , Creative Commons Attribution

Any comments, questions, or

concerns?

Brian0918, (Water cycle original upload 27 April 2005 via english wikipedia http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleprint.html,Creative Commons Attribution

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