What is the source of the water vapor in Earth's atmosphere? What is the "sink" for this water vapor? (In other words, how does water vapor leave the atmosphere?)
What will be an ideal response?
There are two sources of atmospheric water vapor: evaporation and transpiration. Evaporation occurs near Earth's surface when water molecules acquire enough energy to break the bonds that hold them in a liquid. The energy for evaporation comes from the Sun. Transpiration is the release of water vapor from plants. The sink for water vapor is precipitation, i.e., it is through precipitation that water vapor leaves the atmosphere.
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