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Water Cycle Support Worksheet

Water cycle diagram

🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To understand the stages of the water cycle

📚 Part 1: Water Cycle Vocabulary

Word Bank: evaporation • condensation • precipitation • collection

1. Match each word to its meaning. Draw a line to connect them.
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
collection
water turns from gas back to liquid
rain, snow or hail falls from clouds
water gathers in rivers, lakes and oceans
water turns from liquid to gas
2. Fill in the blanks using words from the word bank:

When the sun heats water, _____________ happens.

Water vapour cools and becomes clouds through _____________.

Water falls from clouds as _____________.

Water flows back to rivers and oceans through _____________.

🔄 Part 2: Water Cycle Sequence

3. Number these stages in the correct order (1, 2, 3, 4):

_____ Water vapour rises and cools to form clouds

_____ Rain falls from the clouds

_____ The sun heats water in oceans and rivers

_____ Water flows back to rivers and oceans

4. Which of these helps evaporation happen fastest?

Cold weather

Hot sunny weather

Cloudy weather

Night time

5. What happens when water vapour gets very cold high in the sky?

It disappears

It turns back into tiny water droplets

It gets hotter

It stays the same

✏️ Part 3: Explain Your Understanding

6. In simple words, explain what happens during evaporation:
7. Why do clouds form high in the sky?
8. Draw and label a simple water cycle diagram in the box below. Use the words: sun, clouds, rain, ocean.

Success Criteria:

✓ I can name the four stages of the water cycle

✓ I can put the water cycle stages in the right order

✓ I can explain what happens at each stage

Extension Activity: Think about where else you see evaporation in everyday life (like wet clothes drying). Write one example: ________________

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