There are four main stages in the water cycle. They are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. Let's look at each of these stages.
Evaporation: This is when warmth from the sun causes water from oceans, lakes, streams, ice and soils to rise into the air and turn into water vapour (gas). Water vapour droplets join together to make clouds!
Condensation: This is when water vapour in the air cools down and turns back into liquid water.
Precipitation: This is when water (in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet) falls from clouds in the sky.
Collection: This is when water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. Most will infiltrate (soak into) the ground and will collect as underground water.
The water cycle is powered by the sun's energy and by gravity. The sun kickstarts the whole cycle by heating all the Earth's water and making it evaporate. Gravity makes the moisture fall back to Earth.
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Nobody wants to go to a dirty or drab city for their vacation. Healthy seagrass beds and mangrove shorelines are better for the environment and economy of the city. They're just prettier to look at than decomping seagrass.
1. Dead plants, animal carcasses, compost.
2. You would find plenty of dead leaves and bones on the forest floor, while the desert floor would be very low in organic matter and would contain a higher majority of sand.
3. Organic matter is generally darker when referring to color. This is why the humus layer, or the final stage in the decomposition of organic waste, is black.
4. The soil texture triangle is used to help visualize and understand the meaning behind soil texture names. It tells us specifically what textures soils may be depending on the percentage of sand, silt, and clay in each.
5. The numbers on the side of the triangle relate to the percentage of clay, silt, and sand in the soil.
6. Soil compaction can prevent water drainage, slow microorganism population growth, and suffocate and stunt plants. Air can be brought back to the soil by using an aeration tool, or by introducing burrowing animals and plants with heavy roots. Aeration tools reduce compaction in soil, while rooted plants and burrowing animals create pores that allow air and water to drain into it.
7. (I can't 100% answer this question because it is apart of the reading that I don't have access to but I'll give it a shot) A soil profile is the arrangement of soil horizons that make up the various layers in the soil. We observe and describe soil horizons and soil profiles to help classify and interpret the type and uses of soils.
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Enzymes 'reduces the activation energy' of both Exergonic and Endergonic Reaction by acting as a catalyst.
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- For example, in the case of 'carbonic anhydrase', enzymes act rapidly causing the chemicals to 'react 107 times faster' than they would normally.
- Enzymes are substrate specific meaning an enzyme working on one substance may not work on another.
- Function of the enzyme is identified by its 'shape of the protein' and arrangement of these molecules produces an area called activation site.