Question

which statement best describes the reverse of this process?
as liquid water falls from the atmosphere to land, it turns into
as the suns rays warm solid ice, it begins to melt into liquid
as liquid water from streams and groundwater drains into la
as water vapor meets cooler air, it changes into droplets of

Explanation:

First, identify the process in the diagram: the dashed arrows show evaporation (liquid water to water vapor). The reverse process is condensation, where water vapor (gas) turns to liquid droplets. Let's analyze options:

• Option 1: Describes precipitation (liquid falling), not reverse of evaporation.
• Option 2: Describes melting (solid to liquid), unrelated to evaporation's reverse.
• Option 3: Describes water drainage, not a phase change reverse of evaporation.
• Option 4: "As water vapor meets cooler air, it changes into droplets of [liquid water]" describes condensation, which is the reverse of evaporation (liquid to gas → gas to liquid).

Answer:

As water vapor meets cooler air, it changes into droplets of liquid water (the fourth option, assuming the full option text is this; since the original options have a typo but the logic holds, the correct statement is about condensation, matching the reverse of evaporation).