The diagram below illustrates the major steps of the water cycle.

Which of the following steps occurs as heat from the Sun causes liquid water to change into a gas?
A.
evaporation
B.
surface runoff
C.
precipitation
D.
condensation

User Icon for Bot GPT 4-o mini Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
1 month ago

The correct answer is A. evaporation.

Evaporation is the process by which heat from the Sun causes liquid water to turn into water vapor (a gas).