how energy of flowing water is related to solar energy...
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To start the investigation of Earth's energy balance, you will begin by taking an in-depth look at a familiar process known as the water cycle. Earth's water supply is recycled in a continuous process known as the water, or hydrologic, cycle. Water molecules continuously move from location to location in this cycle. The water cycle is important to weather and climate and, ultimately, to all life on Earth.
The water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun. This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration. As liquid water evaporates or transpires, it forms water vapor and clouds, where water droplets eventually gain enough mass to fall back to Earth as precipitation. The precipitation then becomes run-off or ground water, and works its way—over various timescales—back into the surface reservoirs. The water cycle is essentially a closed system, meaning that the volume of water that is in the hydrosphere today is the same amount of water that has always been present in the Earth system.
Begin this lab by watching the following short NASA animation demonstrating the path of one water molecule through the water cycle. While watching the animation, make a list and keep track of all the places that the molecule travels. Note: In the NASA animation, the depiction of the water reservoirs, such as underground aquifers, has been simplified to show the molecule pathways.
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if the solar energy or solar heat falls on the surface of the water.During the process of evaporation a small part of solarheat or solar energy is get converted to potential energy of the water molecules.hence thus the potential
energy is been converted to kinetic energy.
Hence,in this way the energy of flowing water can be related to solar energy.
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