Question

3. How does urbanization (more cities being built) impact the water cycle and affect other Earth systems?(1 point)

Responses

By reducing air pollution and improving climate change

By increasing stormwater runoff and making flooding events worse

By decreasing surface runoff and enhancing groundwater recharge

By decreasing evaporation and local rainfall patterns

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

By increasing stormwater runoff and making flooding events worse. Urbanization leads to more impermeable surfaces like pavement and buildings, which means less water can infiltrate the ground and more water runs off into streams and rivers during storms. This can lead to increased flooding events and disruptions to the water cycle.