Title: Explain the hydrologic cycle using a diagram.
Course: Forestry Management (18502-I) > Section: Understanding Forest Ecology

Explanation should include

- defining the hydrologic cycle
- examining waters three phases
  - solid
  - liquid
  - gas
- exploring how water ties together the major parts of the Earth’s climate system (e.g., air, clouds, the ocean, lakes, vegetation, snowpack, and glaciers)
- identifying condensation
- identifying deposition
- identifying evaporation
- identifying infiltration and percolation
- exploring the types of precipitation
  - rain
  - snow
  - fog
  - hail
- examining sublimation
- describing transpiration
  - plants
  - trees
- identifying surface runoff
- examining snow melt
- identifying subsurface flow
- examining the ground water zone
- identifying soil/porous earth.

Teacher Resource: Water Cycle, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does the hydrologic cycle influence climate?
- How do higher temperatures influence the hydrologic cycle?
- What is transportation?
- What is plant uptake?
- What is deposition?
- What is sublimation?