Water cycle (Edexcel GCSE Biology): Flashcards

Ensures water is continuously recycled for all living organisms

Safe drinking water

Sun heats water, turning liquid into water vapour (gas)

Water vapour cools and forms liquid water/clouds

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Plants absorb water from soil, release water vapour through leaves

Layers of rock that hold water underground

Removes salt from seawater to make it drinkable

Seawater forced through semipermeable membrane at high pressure

Water boiled, evaporates, then steam condenses to pure water

Requires lots of energy and is expensive

Net movement of water across partially permeable membrane from high to low concentration

Break down dead matter, releasing water and nutrients

Water runs along land surface into rivers, lakes, and sea

Water soaks into soil and is stored underground