EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The hydrologic cycle is a conceptual model that describes the storage and movement of water between the biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, and the hydrosphere (see Figure 1).

Detailed explanation-2: -The hydrologic cycle is a conceptual model that describes the fluxes of water between the oceans, surface water bodies (lakes, rivers, and streams), groundwater in subsurface aquifers, the atmosphere, and the biosphere.

Detailed explanation-3: -Liquid water flows across land (runoff), into the ground (infiltration and percolation), and through the ground (groundwater). Groundwater moves into plants (plant uptake) and evaporates from plants into the atmosphere (transpiration). Solid ice and snow can turn directly into gas (sublimation).

Detailed explanation-4: -The complete water cycle is carried into four stages which are as follows: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Collection. This is the initial stage of the water cycle. The process by which water from its liquid state changes to vapour, a gaseous state, is termed as evaporation.