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Question: Describe what drives the cycling of water between the different phases and locations on Earth.​

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Water set free by magma began to cool down the Earth's atmosphere, until it could stay on the surface as a liquid. ... The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Some of it evaporates as vapor into the air. Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor.

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Water set free by magma began to cool down the Earth's atmosphere, until it could stay on the surface as a liquid. ... The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Some of it evaporates as vapor into the air. Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor.
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