The sun heats the Earth’s water. This warm water turns into a vapor, and rises into the atmosphere, where it cools off. What happens to this water vapor? A -The water vapor only rises for a very short time and then settles back into the ocean unnoticed.

B-The water vapor evaporates and escapes into space. New water is formed by precipitation.

C-The water vapor pushes clouds out of the way as it rises. This causes overcast condition to clear.

D-The water vapor condenses as it cools, then it forms clouds. It later returns to the Earth as precipitation.