When trees transpire, releasing gaseous water into the atmosphere, they can absorb heat from their environment and cool it down. what property of water is responsible for this activity?
a) high heat capacity.
b) high heat of vaporization.
c) adhesion.

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "B) High heat of vaporization." When trees transpire, releasing gaseous water into the atmosphere, they can absorb heat from their environment and cool it down. The property of water that is responsible for this activity is that high heat of vaporization.

As we already know the biosphere are all living things which include animals and plants. The Geosphere is all the solid earth parts like rocks, mountains, soils and landforms. The atmosphere are all the gases that surround our planet. The way the biosphere facilitates movement of water from the geosphere to the atmosphere is evaporation. The water evaporates from inside the soils through the vegetation and from the revers, lakes and oceans. This evaporated water accumulates as water vapor in the atmosphere and then comes back to the geosphere and biosphere.

B) High heat of vaporization.

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