10.5 Vocabulary
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Water that is absorbed by the ground and fills an aquifer
Infiltration
Water that flows over the ground
Runoff
Water that falls in the form of sleet, drizzle, rain, snow, and others
Precipitation
When plants expel water vapor
Transpiration
The change of water from solid to gas
Sublimation
The change of water from gas to solid
Deposition
The change of water from liquid to gas
Evaporation
The change of water from gas to liquid
Condensation
How water moves through the atmosphere (land) and geosphere (land), sometimes through the biosphere (living things)
Water Cycle
When carbon moves from the atmosphere to the geosphere (land) and back
Carbon Cycle
How organisms use glucose to generate ATP energy
Cellular Respiration
How nitrogen moves through the atmosphere (air), geosphere (land), and biosphere (life)
The Nitrogen Cycle
How nitrogen is captured and converted to molecules such as ammonia (NH3
Nitrogen Fixation