precipitation followed by evaporation deposition followed by evaporation precipitation followed by runoff deposition followed by runoff
I am hesitating between 4 options to answer the following question, which option should I choose?
Question: It rained on a hot summer afternoon and a puddle formed. After several hours, the puddle was gone. Which two processes made the puddle form and then disappear?
Possibilities:
- precipitation followed by evaporation
- deposition followed by evaporation
- precipitation followed by runoff
- deposition followed by runoff

precipitation followed by evaporation