Time and Scale

Question 1

What is evaporation?

Answer 1

Liquid=> Gas ( by absorbing latent heat energy )

Question 2

What factors affect amount of evaporation? (3)

Answer 2

1. Temperatures
2. Humidity
3. Amount of latent heat

Question 3

What is condensation?

Answer 3

Gas water vapour=> Liquid

Question 4

What happens when air cools?

Answer 4

It can hold less water vapour, soon it is fully saturated.

Question 5

What is precipitation?

Answer 5

When the water molecules within a cloud combine and become too big - process is called coalescence.

Question 6

What factors affect the amount of infiltration? (6)

Answer 6

1. Intensity of precipitation
2. Vegetation cover
3. Angle of slope.
   4.Nature of the soil and rock type.
4. Water table depth
5. Time