A.

Impact of the Processes of the Hydrologic Cycle

a) HUMAN LIFE
b) ENVIRONMENT
c) PROGRESS & DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

Process Increase in Rate Decrease in Rate

Evaporation a) Evaporation of a) The sweat on our

perspiration cools our body takes time to be

bodies. If there’s an evaporated. Thus heat in

increase in the quantity of our body takes also to

evaporation, the cooling be released slower.

effect that we experience in Evaporation in sea

our body also increases. water is used to produce

This tremendous cooling salt. If evaporation slows

effect reduces the heat in down, the supply of salt

our body and prevents us is minimized resulting to

to experience heat stress. loss in income.

Increase in evaporation

also helps in drying our

clothes faster compared to

less evaporation.

b) Evaporation of water b) The moisture in the

from plants and trees soil is evaporated

increases as the rate of slower due to the

evaporation also increases. decrease in evaporation.

This helps keep that certain This will provide a

area cool. chance for plants to

Under this rate, the survive in desert place.

evaporation of lakes, rivers

and other bodies of water

increases. This result is

harmful to marine life

because of the lack of water

for them to survive.

c) The curing of concrete is c) Some food industries

continuous and if the require evaporation. If

evaporation increases, the the rate of evaporation

concrete will lack of water slows down, the

and curing slows down. manufacturing of their

products also decreases

thus result to food

shortages.
Condensation a) Condensation allows a) The rate of

water to fall to the ground condensation decreases

in the form of precipitation. will lead to very dry

If the rate of condensation seasons. This then

increases, the more water results to food shortages

will spread widely, because crops take

allowing plants and animals longer to mature. Less

to access more water. condensation, water

Farmers rely on the remains in gaseous

condensation to water their form. Gaseous water is

crops so they can depend not suitable for animals.

less on irrigation.

b) Condensation is very b) If there is less

important to our weather condensation there’s

and climate because it is also small chance of

what responsible for cloud precipitation to happen

formation. Clouds warm or and as well as cloud

cool Earth’s atmosphere by formation. This results to

absorbing heat emitted slow regulation of the

from the surface. If there is flow of radiant energy

an increase in into and out of Earth’s

condensation, cloud climate. Thus, there will

formation will also be direct heat of solar

increase. radiation from the

Earth’s surface resulting

to hot weather or

climate.

c) Clouds formation helps c) There would be a

as a shed for infrastructures direct a heat from the

and humans as well. The sun and this makes

increase in condensation structures to expand due

also results in the increase to the increase in

of cloud formation. temperature. Thus,

cracks and deflection

can happen in that

structure.
Infiltration a) Infiltration is the process a) The absorption of

by which water on the water decreases and the

ground surface enters the water for the crops to

soil. If infiltration rate receive gets also slower

increases the water in soil resulting to less for

also absorbed quickly. It plants to achieve

means that crops can nutrients & sugars. This

receive water faster. means that agriculture is

affected by this.

b) If infiltration rate b) If the infiltration rate

increases, the soil absorbs decreases, plants won’t

water quickly. This results be able to get the supply

to consequences like soil of water needed for

erosion and can waterlog them to survive.

plants and vegetation thus

depriving their roots of air.

Waterlogged soils can

cause root decay.

c) If infiltration rate c) Under this rate, runoff

increases the more water is will increase because it

absorbed in soil making the takes time for water to

soil more saturated and be absorbed in soil.

 moist. The foundation of Drainage of the water

some building may be occurs when there is too

affected and the strength much for the soil to cope

decreases. with.

Runoff a) Farmers rely on water a) Less occurrence of

for their crops to survive. If runoff means that

there’s an increase in the flooding will also

runoff possible result is that reduce. Thus,

there’ll be also frequent destruction of human

flood. This results to resources will also

several impacts like loss of minimize.

property, disruption of

electricity, destruction of

crops, loss of livestock and

loss of income.

b) Increase in the rate of b) Runoff reduction

runoff can also affect the lowers the risk of

environment. If there’s a lot flooding and improves

of water present in the soil the quality of water in

or ground it can cause soil the environment.

erosion. Soil erosion

removes the topmost layer

of soil, which is the most

fertile and most productive

part of any soil. When the

top layer is removed, the

soil’s ability to store water

and other nutrients are

reduced. Soil erosion

harms the soil’s capacity of

growing plants and crops.

c) Continuous runoff c) Under this rate,

happens if the rate occurrence of flood

increases. Infrastructures decreases. Then roads

such as dams can be destruction, cracking,

damaged or collapsed and closing of roads or

because the water erodes bridges due to

the river bed beneath the inaccessibility also

dam. minimized.
B. Effect of Progress and Development to the Hydrologic Cycle Processes

Elements Positive Effect Negative Effect

Evaporation Evaporating liquids can Reservoirs have large open

cool other things, too. For surfaces that facilitate water

instance, "evaporative loss by evaporation. This

cooling" is a system that is added evaporation can

often used to cool small affect the microclimate of

buildings the area as it reduces

Surface drying of freshly fluctuations in the extremes

placed concrete is temperature and may

influenced by the change the ecosystems that

evaporative conditions of the can exist there, since

job-site microclimate. This organisms suited to the two

helps drying faster. extremes of temperatures,

or which need the

fluctuation as part of their

breeding cycles cannot

survive.
Transpiration Transpiration is helpful to Transpiration often results

plant in many ways. It

in water deficit which
helps in the exchange of
causes injury to the plants
gases. It helps in the

absorption of minerals in by desiccation. Rapid

plants. This means that

transpiration causes mid-
there will be plants
day leaf water deficit
growing in our
(temporary wilting). If such
surroundings therefore

improves the air quality condition continues for

because plants help

some time, permanent
reduce carbon dioxide
water deficit (permanent
levels. Plants are an
wilting) may develop,
excellent source of

medicine thus helps treat which may be fatal to the

patients. Some plants are

plants.
also grown for the sake of

bio-fuels. The plant’s fuel is

less toxic since it does not

emit harmful gasses and

also less expensive. Even

the plant waste is used to

 generate electricity.

Therefore, plants are great

contributor to our

economy.

Condensation Condensation is an A certain amount of

important component moisture condensation on

of distillation, which is a building plumbing system

means of separating a can cause costly problems

substance from a mixture, in buildings. It can damage

both in the research ceilings, floors, furniture or

laboratory and industrial storage below.

settings. Condensation that drips off

Because condensation is a of these locations can even

naturally occurring lead to building rot, insect

phenomenon, it can often attack, or to the need for a

be used to generate large costly mold cleanup job.

quantities of water for

human use. Many

structures such as fog

fences, air wells, and dew

ponds are made solely for

the purpose of collecting

 water from condensation.

Such systems can be used

to retain soil moisture in

areas where active

desertification is

occurring.

Precipitation Precipitation is needed to Chemicals used in cloud

replenish water to the seeding can potentially

earth. The amount and damage the environment,

duration of precipitation especially the plants cloud

events affect both water seeding is intended to

level and water quality protect. It is also very

within an estuary. expensive to produce

Precipitation supplies artificial rain. The chemicals

freshwater to estuaries, have to be delivered to the

which are an important air via planes, which are

source of dissolved hard to come by in places

oxygen and nutrients. with very minimal income.

Droughts lower the If not regulated or

freshwater input to controlled properly, cloud

estuaries and the water seeding may cause

levels of inland lakes. undesirable if not

Cloud seeding has been altogether destructive

applied to many areas weather conditions such as

where rain is scarce. This flooding, storms, hail risks,

helps boost economy etc. Places that naturally do

because Where there is not get much rain or no rain

rain, there is farm produce. at all usually do not have

Farms that yield better can the infrastructure to handle

help the local economy so much precipitation. With

and feed the people (and cloud seeding, these areas

even animals). Cloud may become flooded

seeding can greatly quickly, causing more harm

improve the living than good.

conditions in dry, arid

places.
Runoff Runoff can also help in The increase in the

the effects of plants to amount of stormwater

grow and can increase runoff has been

the water level in identified as the

ground. Ground water leading contributor to

helps boost livelihood water quality

and food security. pollution

Sediment can enter

stormwater from

construction sites,

eroding stream

banks, agricultural

fields, and other

disturbed areas.