Which list below describes a possible path of rain through the water cycle?

a. evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff
b. evaporation, precipitation, runoff, lake storage
c. runoff, ocean storage, evaporation, condensation
d. transpiration, condensation, precipitation, runoff

The right answer is a. evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff .

The water cycle is defined as the general circulation of water, in a closed loop and with changes of state, between the reservoirs of the hydrosphere - ocean, atmosphere, surface and subsoil of the emerged lands - putting into the phenomena of evaporation, convection, condensation and precipitation, flow and infiltration, as well as variations and renewals of stocks in these reservoirs. The cycle of water, driven by solar energy, plays a fundamental role in the redistribution of water on the surface of the Earth.

and after water is usually warmed by the sun the water temperature raises and then evaporates .