Question

The diagram illustrates the water cycle.

Parts of the water cycle labeled U through Z. U: Water moving from a lake into the clouds. V: Clouds. W: Water falling from clouds as rain and snow. X: Water moving from ground to the clouds. Y: Water flowing down the mountainside into a lake. Z: Underground water going into lake.
Which best describes the process occurring at locations U and X?

Water cycles from a nonliving to a living part of the environment.
Water changes from a liquid to a gas.
Water changes from a gas to a liquid.
Water cycles from a living to a nonliving part of the environment.

Answer 1

Water changes from a liquid to a gas.

Both U (evaporation from the lake) and X (evaporation/transpiration from the ground) represent water evaporating into water vapor and rising to form clouds.