What are the three main parts of the water cycle?
A - Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
B - Absorption, infiltration, and transpiration
C - Precipitation, infiltration, and condensation
D - Evaporation, condensation, and cloud formation
Answer: A - Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
CONDENSATION is the process by which water vapor is changed back into liquid state. PRECIPITATION is when water falls from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail, or freezing rain. Clouds are required because raindrops are the drops of the cloud that have condensed enough water to begin falling.