precipitation followed by evaporation deposition followed by evaporation precipitation followed by runoff deposition followed by runoff
I gave my students this multiple choice 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?

Only one answer is correct among these 4 choices:
- precipitation followed by evaporation
- deposition followed by evaporation
- precipitation followed by runoff
- deposition followed by runoff

Could you tell me which one is correct?

precipitation followed by evaporation