Question

water evaporates from the surface into the sky and back down to the earth as what? (1 point) clouds thunder rain lightning

Explanation:

Water evaporates, forms clouds, and then falls back to Earth as precipitation. Rain is a form of precipitation. Clouds are the collection of water - vapor in the sky before it falls. Thunder and lightning are electrical and sound phenomena associated with storms, not the form in which water returns to Earth.

Answer:

C. Rain