Correct Answer - Option 1 : Evaporation
The correct answer is Evaporation.
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Evaporation is the process that is involved in the water cycle.
- The water cycle consists of three major processes: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
- Evaporation is the process of a liquid's surface changing to a gas.
- In the water cycle, liquid water (in the ocean, lakes, or rivers) evaporates and becomes water vapour.
Other important processes:
| Process |
Description |
| Condensation |
It is the change of the physical state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase. |
| Thawing |
It is the process of ice, snow, or another frozen substance becoming liquid or soft as a result of warming up. |
| Freezing |
Freezing is a phase transition where a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. |
