Water Keywords

3. an initial change in a flow or input triggers a response that can either reinforce (positive feedback) or counter (negative feedback) the original change
6. The removal of water from a source (e.g. stream or aquifer)
8. shows the relationship between rainfall and the discharge (volume of water) in a river over time
9. Water rises as vapour from the ground or released from leaves.
10. The downward movement of water into the soil surface
13. Water lands on plants and runs down their stems
14. leading to a negative balance that depletes soil moisture reserves
17. capturing and storing carbon dioxide through human or natural means
18. a vegetation succession from a bare surface to climax vegetation that stores more carbon as it progresses
19. Where water vapour comes out of leaves
21. Water deep in the ground
22. The overall inputs and outputs of carbon in part of the carbon cycle e.g. the atmosphere
23. precipitation that flows over the land surface or through river channels
24. Water that reaches the channel through slow throughflow and permeable rock below the water table

1. the maximum amount of water that soil can hold before it becomes saturated.
2. precipitation will occur and replace the lost water in the soil
4. An assemblage of interrelated parts that work together by way of some driving force
5. The downward movement of water into the soil surface
7. A state of balance within a system
11. Precipitation that has already occurred
12. The process of a gas turning directly into a solid, bypassing the liquid state
15. Equation relating to the inputs and outputs of water into a system
16. Precipitation that falls directly into a river/stream channel
20. When water flows through the soil slowly, or quickly through root and animal ‘pipes’