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Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration, And Groundwater Runoff

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Tramiria Pitcher
10/14/16
1st. Hour

The Water Cycle Essay The Water Cycle is the existence of life on Earth, depends on interactions among

organisms and between organisms and their environment. The water cycle is the

circular pathway of water on Earth from the atmosphere, to the surface, below ground,

and back. The cycling of water is very important to life on Earth, because about 90% of

things on Earth need water or use water to live. Humans, Animals, and Plants all need

water to live and without it we wouldn’t survive. Evaporation, Condensation,

Precipitation, Transpiration, and GroundWater Runoff are the steps in the Water Cycle.

Evaporation~ Water changes from a liquid …show more content…

GroundWater Runoff~ Portion of precipitation which seeps

into the ground and replenish Earth’s groundwater. Water flow through the biosphere by,

Oceans, Atmosphere, Organisms and sometimes in the organisms. Condensation is the

process

by which Water Vapor is changed into liquid water.

The part of the cycle where water is liquid is in, Precipitation. It’s in precipitation,

because even though it doesn’t directly say Water is Water in this step of the Water

Cycle you can infer that it is, because water forms rain, sleet, snow and, hail and that is

all water products.

The water molecules do not follow the same steps in The Water Cycle. They have what

is called a, Hydrologic Cycle, which basically means it begins with the Evaporation of the water

from the surface of the water. Moist air is is lifted, it cools and water a vapor condenses

to form clouds. Cooling and Heating makes water change from one state to another.

Cooling the water causes it to change back into liquid water. The liquid water falls back

into Earth which is called, Precipitation. This water cycle continues over and over again.

A cycle is something that happens over and over again. The …show more content…

All organisms require

nitrogen to make amino acids, which are used to build nucleic acids, which combine to form DNA, RNA, and proteins. The cycling of nitrogen is important to life on Earth,

because it helps growth and reproduction in both plants and animals, which means if

the plants or animals do not get the nitrogen then us humans will die, because our food

is produced by animals and plants. Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrification, Ammonification, and

Denitrification are all steps in The Nitrogen Cycle. Nitrogen Fixation~ Special Bacteria

convert the nitrogen gas, to ammonia which plants use. Nitrification~ The process which

converts the ammonia into nitrite ions which the plants can take in as nutrients.

Ammonification~ When all the living organisms have used the nitrogen, decomposer

bacteria convert the nitrogen-rich waste compounds into simpler ones. Denitrification~

Bacteria convert simple nitrogen compounds back into nitrogen gas which is released

back into nitrogen gas which is then released back into the atmosphere to begin

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