Practice Concepts Of Hydrologic Cycle (1) - Concepts of Hydrologic Cycle

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Question 1.
Define hydrology in one sentence.
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Think about how water is studied.
Question 2.
What is evaporation?
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Consider what happens to water when it gets heated.
3Question 3.
What process involves water converting from liquid to vapor?
- Evaporation
- Precipitation
- Infiltration
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Consider how puddles dry up.
4Question 4.
True or False: Runoff only occurs when it rains.
- True
- False
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Think about other water sources besides rain.
Question 5.
Discuss the impact of urbanization on the water cycle and provide a case study example.
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Consider urban landscape differences versus natural landscapes.
Question 6.
Model the water balance equation for a hypothetical region and calculate changes in storage over a year.
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Use example data or a simple graph to visualize the relationships.

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