Hydrological cycle key words

What does infiltration mean?

• When precipitation lands on buildings, vegetation etc before it reaches the soil

• The slow transfer of water underground through porous rocks

• The movement of water from the ground surface into the soil

What does evaporation mean?

• The movement of water that is unconfined by a channel

• The change in state of water from a liquid to a gas

• Movement of ground surface into the soil

What does surface run-off mean?

• The movement of water that is unconfined by a channel across the surface of the ground

• The movement of water from the ground surface into the soil

• When plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapour into the air from their leaves

What does evapotranspiration mean?

• Loss of water from the soil both my evaporation from the soil surface and by transpiration from the leaves of the plants growing on it

• Where water is stored

• The change in state of water from a liquid to a gas

What does transpiration mean?

• The change of state of water from a liquid to a gas

• When plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapour into the air from their leaves

• The slow transfer of water underground through porous rocks

What is groundwater flow?

• The movement of water unconfined by a channel across the surface

• Movement of water from the ground surface into the soil

• Slow transfer of water underground through porous rocks