AP BIOLOGY

ECOLOGY

CHEMICAL CYCLES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which best describes a role of animals in the water cycle?
A
They help water vapor condense when they produce waste.
B
They help water vapor condense when they inhale.
C
They release water vapor through transpiration.
D
They release water vapor when they exhale.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The animals also play a crucial role in these cycle of processes. They release the water vapors into the atmosphere when they exhale, hence, letting the water molecules to again enter the cycle. Hence, the correct answer is ‘Option D-They release water vapor when they exhale’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Animals also release water vapor to the atmosphere when they breathe out. This is called respiration. The earth stores some of the water that falls to the ground.

Detailed explanation-3: -Water enters the atmosphere through evaporation, transpiration, excretion and sublimation: Transpiration is the loss of water from plants (via their leaves). Animals excrete water by respiration and by passing urine.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transpiration occurs when plants take up liquid water from the soil and release water vapor into the air from their leaves.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water at the Earth’s surface evaporates into water vapor which rises up into the sky to become part of a cloud which will float off with the winds, eventually releasing water back to Earth as precipitation.

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