BIO205H5 Chapter Notes -Vapor Pressure, Surface Runoff, Water Cycle
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3. 1 water cycles between earth and the atmosphere. Interception prevents some water from being absorbed by the ground, evaporates quickly. Ground water -> streams -> rivers -> transition from fresh water to marine environment. Rate of evaporation is dependent on the amount of water vapour in air to the saturation vapour pressure. Water below 4 degrees becomes less dense, cause it forms lattice structure which occupies more space. 3. 3 light varies with depth in aquatic environments. Amount of light reflected on water vary diurnally and seasonally. Thermocline is the depth in which water temperature declines most rapidly.
