Question

Select the correct answer.

Answer 1

Most of the precipitation occurs in oceans in a water cycle.

Explanation:

• Precipitation is the water released from clouds in the form of rain, snow or hail.
• It is the main or central link in the water cycle which facilities for the delivery of atmospheric water to the earth.
• During a water cycle, water continuously evaporates and condenses in the sky. Most of the condensed water in clouds doesn't fall as precipitation due to their fall speed which is not large enough to overcome updrafts that support the clouds.
• So most of the precipitation occurs in the oceans. Precipitation that falls onto land flows into rivers, streams, and lakes. Some of it percolates into the soil which becomes groundwater.