Question

He amount of sun that an area receives affects the movement of water through the water cycle, which is illustrated below.

water cycle diagram

Which of the following processes in the water cycle is most directly caused by water absorbing energy from the sun?

Group of answer choices

precipitation

condensation

evaporation

runoff

Answer 1

evaporation

Step-by-step explanation:

The process of evaporation is as a result of water absorbing energy from the sun.

The process is a phase change in which liquid water changes into gaseous form.

• The water in gaseous form is called vapor
• This water cools and condenses in the atmosphere as it loses the energy it has gained.
• For evaporation to take place, water must absorb energy from the sun or other heating bodies.
• This will then cause vaporization of the liquid water into a gaseous form.