GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The sun is what makes the water cycle work. The sun provides what almost everything on Earth needs to go-energy, or heat.

Detailed explanation-2: -The water cycle is powered by heat energy from the Sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -The water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun. This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration.

Detailed explanation-4: -Energy from the sun and the force of gravity drive the continual movement of water between pools. The sun’s energy causes liquid water to evaporate into water vapor. Evapotranspiration is the main way water moves into the atmosphere from the land surface and oceans. Gravity causes water to flow downward on land.

Detailed explanation-5: -Heat from the Sun causes water to evaporate from oceans, lakes and streams. Evaporation occurs when liquid water on Earth’s surface turns into water vapor in our atmosphere. Water from plants and trees also enters the atmosphere. This is called transpiration.