AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth. It comes in many forms, like rain, sleet, and snow. Along with evaporation and condensation, precipitation is one of the three major parts of the global water cycle.

Detailed explanation-2: -The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. It is a complex system that includes many different processes. Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in the form of rain and snow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It is the primary connection in the water cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to the Earth. Most precipitation falls as rain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Precipitation occurs when a portion of the atmosphere becomes saturated with water vapor (reaching 100% relative humidity), so that the water condenses and “precipitates” or falls.

Detailed explanation-5: -Precipitation can be liquid water or frozen water, in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc. Transpiration is the evaporation of water from within plants, through openings in their leaves, known as stomata. Water is heated by the sun and lost to the atmosphere in the form of water vapor, through stomata.