level: key words
Questions and Answers List
Key processes stores and inputs
level questions: key words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| define precipitation | includes all forms of rainfall, snow sleet hail, it is the conversion and transfer of moisture in the atmosphere to the land |
| interception | the precipitation that is collected and stored by vegetation |
| stem flow | water flowing down the trunks and stems of vegetation |
| infiltration | the movement of water into the soil surface |
| percolation | the movement of water into rock from the soil level above |
| water table | the upper layer of water stored underground |
| groundwater | water stored underground in rocks |
| transpiration | the water loss from vegetation into the atmosphere |
| evapotranspiration | the combination of evaporation and transpiration lost into the atmosphere |
| soil moisture storage | the water that is found in the subsurface of the soil |
| overland flow | water that flows over the lands surface |
| ground water flow | the movement of ground water store underground |
| throughflow | when water moves horizontally through soil |
| channel flow | the water transferred by the river |
| source | is the start of the river |
| tributaries | river or stream that joins a larger river |
| confluence | where the tributary joins the main river |
| water shed | the boundry of the drainage basin system |
| Run off | This is the water that leaves the system via channel flow |