The Water Cycle
Practice evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection in 10 problems with an answer key. Free printable PDF for Grade 4.
10 problems · Standards: 5-ESS2-1 · Difficulty: medium
✅ Answer key included · ✅ Free for home & classroom use
Highlights
- Grade
- Grade 4
- Subject
- science
- Pages
- 3 · worksheet + answer key
- Answer key
- ✅ Included
- Class time
- about 15 min
What's inside
- 1. When puddles dry up on a sunny day, the water turns into water vapor and rises into the air. What is this process called?
- 2. Rain and snow are both examples of water falling from clouds to the ground. What is this process called?
- 3. When water vapor in the air cools down and changes back into tiny water droplets that form clouds, what is this process called?
- 4. After a rainstorm, water flows across the ground and gathers in streams, rivers, and lakes. What is this process called?
- 5. On a cold morning, you see tiny water droplets on the outside of a cold glass of juice. The water vapor in the air touched the cold glass and changed into liquid. Which process caused this?
- 6. The sun heats the water in a lake, causing some of the water to turn into water vapor and rise into the atmosphere. Where does this water vapor go next in the water cycle?
Showing 6 of 10 problems. The free PDF includes every problem plus the full answer key.
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The free PDF includes all 3 pages — every problem plus the full answer key.
What’s included
- 10 problems across 3 pages (worksheet + answer key)
- Answer key included — every answer, ready to check
- Standards: 5-ESS2-1
- Skill: Identifying evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection and explaining how water moves through weather and Earth's systems.
- Suggested use: classwork, homework, or sub plans
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