1. Contrary to popular appearances, the plants and trees on our roads, gardens and homes do not just stand there doing nothing.
A. This process is known as transpiration.
B. This water vapour rises up through the lower levels of our atmosphere, cools down to form clouds, which could produce convectional rainfall.
C. Unseen to our naked eyes, they constantly soak up soil moisture through their root and release it through their leaves as water vapor.
D. If there are a large number of big leafy trees they could transpire large amounts of water through their lives.
6. The thick tropical jungles of Amazon Central Africa and Indonesia that we see on the Discovery and National Geographic channels are typical places, which experience large amounts of convectional rainfall almost every afternoon.
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