5.4: The Water Cycle

Go to the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) description of the water cycle and read it carefully. The elements of the groundwater cycle are:

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Interception
• Infiltration
• Percolation
• Transpiration
• Runoff
• Storage

Figure 5.5.1 The Water cycle

Use the NOAA site to write a definition for each term above.

Contributors and Attributions

• K. Allison Lenkeit-Meezan (Foothill College)