Arrange stages of the simplified water cycle starting from water at the surface: Items: (A) Rain (B) Vaporization (C) Water (D) Condensation (E) Cloud Choose the correct process flow.

Introduction / Context:Water-cycle sequencing tests knowledge of how water changes state and moves through the environment.

Given Data / Assumptions:

• C = Water at the surface (sea/lakes).
• B = Vaporization (liquid → vapour).
• E = Cloud (visible mass formed in the sky).
• D = Condensation (vapour → droplets; intensifies within clouds).
• A = Rain (precipitation back to surface).

Concept / Approach:From surface water, energy drives evaporation/vaporization; vapour forms clouds aloft; further condensation within clouds produces droplets that fall as rain.

Step-by-Step Solution:

Verification / Alternative check:Though condensation directly produces clouds, many elementary treatments list “cloud” as the intermediate state marker before emphasizing continued condensation leading to rain; the chosen option matches that simplified flow.

Why Other Options Are Wrong:

• Sequences starting with rain or cloud before surface water reverse causality.
• Placing condensation after rain is incorrect.

Common Pitfalls:Overthinking microphysics; this is a simplified school-level cycle.

Final Answer:C, B, E, D, A