Sharon puts a large pot of water on the stove to boil pasta. Then she starts to make a tomato sauce. When the sauce is cooking, she looks at the pot of water and thinks the water level is much lower than it was. How does this diagram of part of the water cycle help Sharon explain what happened to the pasta water?

A .Energy from the stove heats the water, causing the water molecules to move faster and collide harder. This causes the water to change from liquid to gas.

B. As the water heats up, the water molecules begin to move faster and collide harder. This causes them to gain energy from the sun, and change from liquid to gas.

C. As the water heats up, the water molecules begin to move faster and collide harder. This causes them to release energy into the air, and change from gas to liquid.

D. Energy from the stove heats the water in the pot, causing the water molecules to move faster and collide harder, and eventually it causes the water to change from gas to liquid.

Maria has been making weather observations for the last couple of days. She made the following notes on the cloud coverage: “Monday: Sky is clear, no clouds. Tuesday: Sky is partly cloudy, large fluffy clouds.”

Which understanding about the water cycle can help Maria explain the differences in the cloud coverage?

A .More water evaporated from the land to form the clouds on Tuesday.
B. More water evaporated from the land to clear away the clouds on Monday.
C. More water vapor condensed in the atmosphere on Tuesday to form the clouds.
D. More water vapor condensed in the atmosphere on Monday to clear away the clouds

For the first question, we know that the water transformed into a gas. This fact eliminates choices C and D, primarily because they describe the change as "gas to liquid" instead of liquid to gas.

What separates B from A is that B is saying the liquid changed to a gas in response to sunlight, which is completely false and impertinent to the prompt.

A is the correct answer.

For the second question, we know that condensation causes clouds -- and that neither evaporation nor water vapor would clear clouds to make more of them, which eliminates choices B and D. Going back to condensation, the accumulation of water vapor plays a big role in the formation of clouds. While evaporation does play a part in [it] as well, condensation is what caused the sudden appearance of clouds in the troposphere.

C is the correct answer.

I hope I helped! :)