In the hydrologic cycle, water moves from the land to the air by ____ and returns to the land via ____.
A) precipitation; evaporation and transpiration
B) precipitation and evaporation; transpiration
C) precipitation and transpiration; evaporation
D) transpiration; precipitation and evaporation
E) transpiration and evaporation; precipitation

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In the hydrologic cycle, water moves from the land to the air through both transpiration (the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere) and evaporation (the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor). It returns to the land via precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground).

In the Hydrologic Cycle, Water Moves from the Land to the Air