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What is meant by interception in the water cycle?

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Correct answer: Raindrops caught by plant leaves before hitting the ground

Direct answer: B. Interception is the temporary capture of precipitation by plant surfaces, especially leaves and branches, before the water reaches the ground. Some intercepted water later drips to the soil as throughfall or flows down stems as stemflow; some evaporates back into the atmosphere. This process changes the timing and amount of water reaching the soil and can reduce the immediate force of raindrops and surface runoff. A describes water reaching the ocean, not interception. C is evaporation, a different process. D is not a water-cycle definition and does not describe plant capture of rainfall. Memory cue: interception means vegetation intercepts or catches rain on the way down.

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InterceptionVegetationRainfallWater CycleHydrological CycleThe Living WorldBiologyClass 11 Mcq

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