Adug, Erica Rose Z.

February 11, 2021

Environmental Science
Activity 2

Worksheet #05

I. Define each of the following terms.

1. Reservoirs -​parts of the cycle where the chemical is held in large quantities for
long periods of time.

2. Evaporation - ​the reverse process in which liquid water becomes gaseous.

3. Condensation - ​the process by which water vapor changes its physical state
from a vapor, most commonly, to a liquid.

4. Interception - ​the process of interrupting the movement of water in the chain of

transportation events leading to streams.

5. Infiltration - ​the physical process involving movement of water through the

boundary area where the atmosphere interfaces with the soil.

6. Transpiration - ​the biological process that occurs mostly in the day.

7. Mycorrhizae - ​fungus which grows in association with the roots of a plant in a

symbiotic or mildly pathogenic relationship.

8. Phosphate - ​phosphorus atom with four oxygen atoms.

9. Biogeochemical Cycle - ​refers to the overall chemical cycles through both the
biological and the geological world.

10. Runoff -​a flow from a drainage basin or watershed that appears in surface
streams.

II. Completion.

1. Heterotrophs 6. Oxygen
2. Phosphorus cycle 7. Photosynthesis
3. Nitrogen 8. Percolation
4. Bacteria 9. Frozen water
5. Photosynthesis 10. Water cycle