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Evaporation would change the drop
of water to water vapor, a gas, which
would rise into the atmosphere.
The groundwater flows into a river
which empties back into the ocean.
The drop of water falls to the
ground as rain and is absorbed as
groundwater.
As more water vapor condenses
into liquid, the drop of water will
eventually drop to Earth's surface as
precipitation.
The atmosphere is cooler, so the
drop of water would change from a gas
back to a liquid through condensation.