Question

A place such as central Pennsylvania, home of Penn State's University Park campus, is fairly typical of the world in terms of rainfall. What happens to the rain that falls on central Pennsylvania each year?

1. Most of it flows directly across the surface, causing car crashes when people drive through too rapidly.
2. Most of it flows through the spaces deep in the ground to streams, lakes and rivers.
3. Most of it is sold to Pepsi and Coke bottlers, who make the secret fluids used in "fracking" for natural gas, which are really soft drinks.
4. Most of it is evaporated.
5. Most of it falls on the surface of streams, lakes and rivers.

Answer 1

The correct response is Option 4: Most of it is evaporated.

Step-by-step explanation:

Most of the rain that falls on a location like central Pennsylvania is evaporated because the rain falls in amounts that are too small to accumulate significantly and the sun thus quickly evaporates the water from surfaces, especially the concrete and steel surfaces that make up the towns and cities of Central Pennsylvania. While some of the rainfall will feed into lakes and rivers, it is not what happens to the greatest part of the rainfall. Most is evaporated back into the surrounding air.