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What is the defining characteristic of a water cycle?
The water passes through at least five different locations.
It does not include any human water usage.
It passes through plants, animals and the ocean.
It has the same starting and ending poin

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Answer: 4 — it has the same starting and ending point.

Explanation: A cycle means the process is continuous and repeats, so water is constantly recycled (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff, infiltration, transpiration, etc.). The other choices describe possible but not required features.