Think about a drop of water in the ocean. If it were to go through the whole hydrologic cycle, number the steps that would follow.

1. Step 1

2. Step 2

3. Step 3

4. Step 4

5. Step 5

A. The atmosphere is cooler, so the drop of water would change from a gas back to a liquid through condensation.

B. Evaporation would change the drop of water to water vapor, a gas, which would rise into the atmosphere.

C. The drop of water falls to the ground as rain and is absorbed as groundwater.

D. As more water vapor condenses into liquid, the drop of water will eventually drop to Earth's surface as precipitation.

E. The groundwater flows into a river which empties back into the ocean.

1st step - B

2nd step - A

3rd step - D

4th step - C

5th step - E

Explanation:

In the water cycle process, the water in the ocean gets evaporated due to continuous heating. As a result of which these evaporated water changes into vapor, rises up and mixed with the atmosphere.

The atmosphere comparatively remains cool and changes the vapor into liquid by the condensation process. when the rate of condensation is very high, it falls on the earth surface in the form of precipitation.

Due to precipitation, the water falls on the earth's surface in the form of rainfall and are infiltrated through the surface mixing up with the groundwater. This groundwater then flows at certain depths and gets mixed up with the rivers and eventually adds to the seas and oceans.

Thus, the steps are arranged in order.

1. b

2. a

3. d

4. c

5. e