1. What is the purpose of the lab, the importance of the topic, and the question you are trying to answer?

Describe the change in phase and temperature as water moves from the oceans to the atmosphere and then returns to earth again as rain. a) evaporation : temperature increases; condensation : temperature decreases; precipitation (rain) : temperature decreases b) evaporation : temperature increases; condensation : temperature decreases; precipitation (rain) : temperature increases c) evaporation : temperature decreases; condensation : temperature decreases; precipitation (rain) : temperature decreases d) evaporation : temperature increases; condensation : temperature increases; precipitation (rain) : temperature decreases