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WorksheetsHydrological Cycle (Water Cycle and Water Insecurity - Paper 1)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
The pattern of river discharge over a year
(a)
Water moving vertically from soil into permeable rock
Infiltration
Percolation
Interception
Raindrops prevented from falling directly onto the ground, instead hitting the leaves of a tree
(a)
What type of rainfall is this?
Frontal
Relief
Convectional
The movement of water vertically through the pores of the soil
(a)
Water moving horizontally through permeable or porous rock due to gravity
Groundwater flow
Throughflow
The continuous transfer of water between land, atmosphere and oceans. This is a closed system.
(a)
What is the red dotted line?
(a)
The annual balance between inputs and outputs within a system
Water balance
Water budget
Water building
The process through which water evaporates through the stomata in plant leaves
(a)
Water moving horizontally through the soil
(a)
Water flowing over the surface of the ground
Surface run off
Surface sit down
Surface skiing
Which of the following are stores of water within the hydrological cycle - choose all that apply
Interception storage
Soil moisture storage
Groundwater storage
Surface storage
Channel Storage
Gravitational Potential energy is one of the two energy drivers of the hydrological cycle. Name the other type of energy.
(a)
What needs to be greater than potential evapotranspiration for there to be a soil moisture surplus?
(a)
