The hydrologic cycle is a continuous cycle where water evaporates and travels into the air and becomes part of a cloud and falls down as precipitation and then evaporates again. Then the cycle repeats in a never ending cycle.
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There could be a few answers for this question, but my answer would be two different plants. Maybe a bush on the ground fighting for the energy of the sun with a tall tree. Leaves collect the energy from the sun and convert it to energy usable for the plant. a bush on the ground would be fighting for the sunlight with a tall tree.