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    The document describes key processes of the water cycle, formation of earthquakes, factors that affect climate change, and the greenhouse effect. The water cycle involves evaporation of water into clouds, precipitation falling as rain or snow, and runoff/infiltration returning water to oceans or ground. Earthquakes occur when stress along faults causes rocks to break, releasing seismic energy. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gases like CO2 from human activities that are trapped in the atmosphere and cause global warming. The greenhouse effect involves sunlight warming the Earth, infrared radiation being absorbed and reradiated by greenhouse gases to trap heat in the lower atmosphere and surface.

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    The document describes key processes of the water cycle, formation of earthquakes, factors that affect climate change, and the greenhouse effect. The water cycle involves evaporation of water into clouds, precipitation falling as rain or snow, and runoff/infiltration returning water to oceans or ground. Earthquakes occur when stress along faults causes rocks to break, releasing seismic energy. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gases like CO2 from human activities that are trapped in the atmosphere and cause global warming. The greenhouse effect involves sunlight warming the Earth, infrared radiation being absorbed and reradiated by greenhouse gases to trap heat in the lower atmosphere and surface.

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    The document describes key processes of the water cycle, formation of earthquakes, factors that affect climate change, and the greenhouse effect. The water cycle involves evaporation of water into clouds, precipitation falling as rain or snow, and runoff/infiltration returning water to oceans or ground. Earthquakes occur when stress along faults causes rocks to break, releasing seismic energy. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gases like CO2 from human activities that are trapped in the atmosphere and cause global warming. The greenhouse effect involves sunlight warming the Earth, infrared radiation being absorbed and reradiated by greenhouse gases to trap heat in the lower atmosphere and surface.

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    The document describes key processes of the water cycle, formation of earthquakes, factors that affect climate change, and the greenhouse effect. The water cycle involves evaporation of water into clouds, precipitation falling as rain or snow, and runoff/infiltration returning water to oceans or ground. Earthquakes occur when stress along faults causes rocks to break, releasing seismic energy. The main cause of climate change is greenhouse gases like CO2 from human activities that are trapped in the atmosphere and cause global warming. The greenhouse effect involves sunlight warming the Earth, infrared radiation being absorbed and reradiated by greenhouse gases to trap heat in the lower atmosphere and surface.

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    Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability

    Questions1: Describe the process of the water cycle?

    1.Evaporation : The sun heats up water from oceans, rivers which rises into the sky.

    2. Condensation: As the water rises, it cools down and forms clouds in the sky.

    3. Precipitation: When the clouds get heavy with water, they release it as rain, snow, sleet, or
    hail.

    4.Runoff and Infiltration: The precipitation either flows over the land as runoff, eventually making
    its way back to the oceans, or it soaks into the ground, replenishing underground water sources.

    5.Transpiration: Plants absorb water from the soil through their roots and release it into the air
    through tiny pores in their leaves.

    Questions 2 :Describe the process of the formation of Earthquakes?

    Answer : An sudden release of energy from the Earth's crust causes earthquakes. The earth
    shaking as a result of this energy release. It typically happens near faults, which are crustal
    cracks in the Earth. An earthquake is caused when the stress along these faults eventually gets
    too great and the rocks break. Imagine it as if you were bending a stick till it broke. The shaking
    we experience during an earthquake is caused by the energy released, which moves through
    the Earth in waves.

    Questions 3

    What is the main factor that affects climate and causes climate change?

    Answer:The main cause of climate change is the buildup of greenhouse gasses, mostly carbon
    dioxide (CO2) from human activities like burning fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, and natural gas),
    deforestation, and industrial processes, in the Earth's atmosphere. These gasses cause the
    atmosphere to retain heat, which causes changes in weather patterns and global warming,
    which ultimately lead to climate change.

    For extra marks answer the following question

    Explain the phenomena of Green Houses Gases.

    Answer:The Earth's atmosphere contains chemicals known as greenhouse gasses (GHGs),


    which have the capacity to trap solar heat and produce the greenhouse effect. Maintaining the
    Earth's surface temperature at a level that allows life as we know it to exist depends on this
    effect. Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and water vapor (H2O) are
    the main greenhouse gasses.

    1. The Earth's surface warms as sunlight reaches it.


    2. The Earth absorbs a portion of this heat energy and reradiates it as infrared radiation, or heat.
    3. Part of this infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, which
    traps heat and keeps it from escaping into space.
    4. The Earth's surface and lower atmosphere are warmed by this trapped heat, maintaining
    temperatures that are favorable for

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