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What is the role of evaporation in the water cycle?

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Correct answer: To send water into the atmosphere as vapour

Correct answer: A, evaporation transfers water into the atmosphere as water vapour. Heat from the Sun gives water molecules at the surface enough energy to escape from oceans, lakes, rivers, soil, and other wet surfaces. The invisible vapour then mixes with the atmosphere and may later cool and condense into droplets or ice particles, eventually contributing to clouds and precipitation. Evaporation is therefore an important upward movement in the water cycle, not the whole cycle itself. Option B is wrong because evaporation does not stop rivers; river flow may continue while water is also lost from the surface. Option C is wrong because clouds form from condensed water or ice, not rocks. Option D is wrong because air and soil are different materials and evaporation does not transform one into the other. Memory cue: evaporation moves water up; condensation changes vapour back to liquid or ice.

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GeographyWater CycleEvaporationAtmosphereHumidityAnd CondensationHumidity Evaporation And CondensationWater In The AtmosphereClass 12 Mcq

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