AP Environmental Science: Interactive Water Cycle Diagram & Quiz

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 💧 Evaporation: ☀️ The process where liquid water turns into water vapor.
• 🌬️ Transpiration: 🌿 The release of water vapor from plants into the atmosphere.
• ☁️ Condensation: 💨 The process where water vapor turns into liquid water, forming clouds.
• 🌧️ Precipitation: ☔ Water falling back to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
• 🏞️ Infiltration: 🪨 The process where water seeps into the ground.
• 🌊 Runoff: 🚀 Water that flows over the land surface.
• 🔄 Water Cycle Equation: Input = Output $\implies$ Precipitation = Evaporation + Transpiration + Runoff + Infiltration

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. Which process involves the release of water vapor from plants into the atmosphere?
   1. Evaporation
   2. Transpiration
   3. Condensation
   4. Precipitation
2. What is the process where water vapor changes into liquid water?
   1. Evaporation
   2. Transpiration
   3. Condensation
   4. Precipitation
3. Which form of precipitation occurs when water falls back to Earth as ice crystals?
   1. Rain
   2. Sleet
   3. Snow
   4. Hail
4. What term describes water seeping into the ground?
   1. Runoff
   2. Infiltration
   3. Evaporation
   4. Condensation
5. What is the term for water flowing over the land surface?
   1. Infiltration
   2. Runoff
   3. Precipitation
   4. Transpiration
6. Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?
   1. Rain
   2. Snow
   3. Condensation
   4. Hail
7. In the water cycle equation, what does 'Input' primarily refer to?
   1. Evaporation
   2. Transpiration
   3. Precipitation
   4. Runoff