Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere (MindTap Course List)
Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere (MindTap Course List)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781305628458
Author: C. Donald Ahrens, Robert Henson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 4, Problem 1QFR
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The explanation of the movement of the water in the hydrologic cycle.

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Answer to Problem 1QFR

The movement of the water takes place in the five stages in the hydrologic cycle.

* Evaporation

* Condensation

* Precipitation

* Transpiration

* Sublimation

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Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere (MindTap Course List), Chapter 4, Problem 1QFR

Figure-(1)

The figure above represents the Hydrological cycle.

The stages of the movement of the water in the hydrologic cycle are as follows:

* Evaporation: Evaporation is the process in which the liquid particles turns into the vapor form.

* Condensation: Condensation is the process in which the vapor form gets converted into the liquid form.

* Precipitation: Precipitation is the process in which the water droplets formed in the atmosphere falls to the surface of the Earth under the action of gravity.

* Transpiration: The process of the removal of the water in the form of the vapors is known as transpiration.

* Sublimation: Sublimation is the process in which the conversion of the solid form to the gaseous form takes place.

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