Why is the water cycle important?
Water on the Earth is always moving. The heat of the Sun makes water in seas, rivers and lakes evaporate and rise into the air as vapour. High in the sky, the vapour cools and condenses into tiny drops that form clouds. When the drops become heavy enough, they fall as rain, snow or hail. Some of this water runs into rivers and returns to the sea, and some soaks into the ground, where plants and wells can use it. Then the cycle begins again. Without this cycle, there would be no fresh water for plants, animals and people.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. It provides fresh water for living things.
- Step 1: The last sentence says there would be no fresh water without it.
Answer
It provides fresh water for living things.
Why not the others: It makes the oceans bigger every year., It stops the Sun from heating the Earth. and It creates the wind that moves the clouds. do not fit.
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