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Water Cycle Support Worksheet

Read each question carefully. Think about how water moves around Earth.

Water Cycle Words

Match each water cycle term to the description that best explains it.

1.Complete the sentence: When sunlight warms water in a puddle, some liquid water changes into water vapour by .
2.Complete the sentence: As water vapour cools in the air and forms tiny droplets, the process is called .
3.Complete the sentence: Rain falling from a cloud is one kind of .

Follow the Cycle

Think about how water changes and moves through the environment.

4.Put these events in the order they usually happen, starting with the sun warming surface water: water gathers in a lake or ocean; water vapour cools and forms clouds; water falls from clouds; sunlight warms water and some evaporates.
5.Which conditions would usually make water change from a liquid into water vapour from a shallow puddle fastest?
  • A warm, sunny and breezy afternoon
  • A cold, still evening
  • A cool day with thick cloud
  • A frosty night
6.What can happen when water vapour in the air cools?
  • It changes into tiny liquid droplets.
  • It turns into sunlight.
  • It becomes warmer and vanishes.
  • It changes directly into soil.
7.True or false: Water that collects in a lake can later change into water vapour and become part of the water cycle again.
TrueFalse
8.Explain how the Sun helps water move from an ocean into the air.
9.Clouds can form when moist air rises and cools. Describe what happens to water vapour as it cools.
10.How can rainwater on a hillside travel back towards a river or the sea?
Draw a simple water cycle. Include and label the Sun, clouds, rain and ocean. Add arrows to show how water moves.
11.Give one everyday example of liquid water changing into water vapour that you might observe at home or outdoors.

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  • Water Cycle Support Worksheet, page 1 of 3: Water Cycle Words, Follow the Cycle

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  • Water Cycle Support Worksheet, page 2 of 3: 6. What can happen when water vapour in the air cools?

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  • Water Cycle Support Worksheet, page 3 of 3: 11. Give one everyday example of liquid water changing into water vapour that you might…

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