Surface area is the sum of the areas of all the surfaces of a three-dimensional object. (True or false)

True

Think of a 3D box. It has 6 faces and the surface area is the total of all six individual rectangular faces. This idea applies to any polyhedron.

horizontal translation of 2 units in the positive x direction

followed by

vertical translation of 3 units in the positive y direction

answer: the sun

explanation:

water cycle describes the evaporation of water from earth's surface, formation of clouds and precipitation water back onto the surface of earth. seventy percent of the earth is covered with water in the form of seas and oceans. the heat of the sun causes the evaporation of water from the surface of the ocean. the water vapors rise and condense to form water droplets. the collection of these water droplets form clouds which rain down again.

the evaporation of the oceans surface water as part of the water cycle is caused by the sun