Multiple Choice
The first water to move through a dry soil:
A) evaporates into the air trapped within soil pore spaces.
B) evaporates back into the atmosphere.
C) infiltrates downward into the zone of saturation.
D) becomes attached to the surfaces of clay minerals or is used by plants.
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