GCSE Biology – The water cycle

Last updated: 04/05/2020
Edexcel GCSE Science – Combined science higher Ecosystem and material cycles GCSE Biology – The water cycle

Learning Objectives

-I can describe the water cycle

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  1. Why do animals need water?

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  2. Why do plants need water?

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  3. What does water flow into?

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  4. What is the difference between a lake and a river?

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  5. What do rivers flow into?

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  6. Water is…

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  7. What is runoff?

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  8. What do clouds do?

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  9. What is condensation?

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  10. Which of the following is not a process in the water cycle?

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  11. What does condensation of water vapour form?

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  12. What is precipitation?

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  13. What is evaporation?

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  14. Where does evaporation occur?

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  15. What causes evaporation?

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  16. What causes more evaporation to occur?

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  17. What happens once rainwater has evaporated?

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  18. In which environment would most evaporation occur?

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  19. What is transpiration?

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  20. What does transpiration occur alongside?

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  21. What is transpiration caused by?

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  22. What is respiration?

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  23. What happens in respiration?

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  24. What is percolation?

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  25. What is infiltration?

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