Raindrop Journey Summary Practice
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Raindrop Journey Summary Practice
A Drop Takes a Trip
Water does not stay in one place forever. Imagine a drop of water resting in a lake on a sunny day. Warmth from the Sun changes some lake water into an invisible gas called water vapor. The vapor rises into the air. Higher up, the air is cooler, so the vapor cools and gathers into tiny drops. These drops form clouds. When many drops join together, they may become heavy enough to fall as rain. After reaching the ground, rainwater can follow different routes. Some soaks into the soil, where plant roots can use it. Some runs over the land into creeks and rivers. Rivers carry water toward larger bodies of water, such as lakes and oceans. Later, the Sun warms the water again, and the journey continues. This repeating movement of water through the air and across Earth is called the water cycle. The cycle supplies water that living things need.
Find the Important Information
Choose details that help explain the passage's main idea. Leave out details that do not help a reader understand the water cycle.
- Water moves through a repeating cycle between Earth and the air.
- Every river eventually becomes the largest river on Earth.
- Plants get all the water they need directly from clouds.
- The Sun makes clouds disappear permanently.
- It cools in the air and gathers into tiny drops.
- It flows over land and enters a creek.
- It sinks into soil and reaches plant roots.
- It becomes warm and falls as rain.
- The Sun warms water, and some changes into water vapor.
- Water vapor cools and forms tiny drops in clouds.
- Rainwater may soak into soil or run into waterways.
- The passage asks the reader to imagine a lake on a sunny day.
- Rivers can carry water toward lakes and oceans.
- The passage uses the phrase “Imagine a drop of water.”
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Write a Summary
Use the main idea and key details to write a short summary. Do not include every fact or add your own opinion.
- The Sun warms water at the surface of a lake.
- Cooler air helps water vapor gather into tiny drops.
- The passage invites readers to imagine a drop in a lake.
- Rainwater may travel over land into rivers.
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