Hydrologic Cycle is another name for the water cycle.

Hydrologic Cycle is another name for the water cycle.

• A. Hydrologic Cycle
• B. Water Cycle
• C. Atmospheric Cycle
• D. Carbon Cycle

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is that water’s movement through Earth’s air, land, and oceans is described by two names for the same process. The hydrologic (or hydrological) cycle refers to the entire sequence of water moving through evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater flow. This is the same set of processes people mean when they say the water cycle. So the term hydrologic cycle is just another way to name the water cycle. The other options don’t fit because one focuses only on atmospheric processes, and another describes carbon movement, not water.

The main idea here is that water’s movement through Earth’s air, land, and oceans is described by two names for the same process. The hydrologic (or hydrological) cycle refers to the entire sequence of water moving through evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and groundwater flow. This is the same set of processes people mean when they say the water cycle. So the term hydrologic cycle is just another way to name the water cycle. The other options don’t fit because one focuses only on atmospheric processes, and another describes carbon movement, not water.