What is water coming from clouds to the ground called in the water cycle?

Correct answer: Precipitation

Correct answer: C, precipitation. In the water cycle, precipitation is water that falls from clouds to Earth’s surface. It may reach the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, depending on temperature and atmospheric conditions. Condensation is the earlier process in which water vapour becomes droplets or ice crystals inside clouds. Evaporation is the opposite movement at the surface: liquid water changes into vapour and enters the atmosphere. Transpiration is the release of water vapour from the leaves and other parts of plants, not water falling from clouds. Therefore C is the only option describing the downward movement of cloud water. A useful memory cue is: condensation makes clouds, precipitation leaves clouds and falls, while evaporation sends surface water upward.